Autoharp: See Amid The Winter's Snow

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Channel: threelegsoman · 2008 · Music

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Another favourite Christmas Carol accompanied with my autoharp. Again, not strictly a Carol which by tradition are anonymous, this was written by Messrs Edward Caswall and John Goss.

See Amid The Winter's Snow
Edward Caswall with music by Sir John Goss  


G     D   G     D    C             G                   D    C   G             D
See a - mid the winter's snow, born for us on earth below,
G     D   G    D    C             G               D         G       C   D             G
See the tender lamb appears promised from e – ter - nal years.
G                C   G    D     G    D         G          C       G         D    G   D
Hail, thou e - ver blessed morn, Hail redemption's happy dawn,
G      D             G   D C      G                              C  G      D G
Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem.

G   D      G  D C           G           D      C       G            D
Lo, within a manger lies He who built the starry skies;
G    D      G             D  C              G                 D    G        C     D       G
He who, throned in height sublime, sits a - mong the cherubim.
 
G     D   G  D C                   G                D      C    G             D
Say, ye holy shepherds, say, what your joyful news today;
G          D     G        D  C              G               D    G     C   D                G
Wherefore have ye left your sheep on the lonely mountain steep?

  G   D   G               D C            G               D    C     G           D
"As we watched at dead of night, lo, we saw a wondrous light:
G   D     G    D     C                G                 D   G  C    D               G
Angels singing 'Peace On Earth' told us of the Saviour's birth."
 
G  D      G D      C       G                 D C    G            D
Sacred Infant, all divine, what a tender love was Thine,
G       D  G        D       C            G                  D  G      C  D        G
Thus to come from highest bliss down to such a world as this.
 
G          D G         D   C       G               D    C      G              D
Teach, O teach us, Holy Child, by Thy face so meek and mild,
G         D  G   D C           G             D    G          C   D    G
Teach us to resemble Thee, in Thy sweet humility.

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