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See Amid The Winter's Snow Christmas Song

See Amid The Winter's Snow

Year: 1851

Written By: Edward Caswall

'See Amid The Winter's Snow' (also known as 'Hymn For Christmas Day') was written by Englishman Edward Caswall in 1851 with the music being added by St. Paul's Cathedral (London) organist John Goss several years later. Although not as well known as other carols 'See Amid The Winter's Snow' has been recorded by dozens of choirs/artists throughout the years. Here is a listing of the most well known ones. And this carol certainly makes an impression, once heard you'll want to have it on your Christmas playlist for many years to come.

 

1940: John McCormack - Angel's Serenade

1982: Julie Andrews - Christmas With Julie Andrews

1989: King's College Choir of Cambridge - On Christmas Night

1991: Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band - Carols & Capers

1994: Steeleye Span - Winter

1996: Canterbury Cathedral Choir - Christmas Angels: Heavenly Host

2010: Aled Jones - Aled's Christmas Gift

2010: Annie Lennox - A Christmas Cornucopia

 

See Amid The Winter's Snow Lyrics

See amid the winter's snow,
Born for us on earth below,
See the tender Lamb appears,
Promised from eternal years.

Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Lo, within a manger lies
He who built the starry skies;
He who throned in height sublime
Sits amid the cherubim.
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Say, ye holy shepherds, say
What your joyful news today;
Wherefore have ye left your sheep
On the lonely mountain steep?
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.

"As we watched at dead of night,
Lo, we saw a wondrous light;
Angels singing peace on earth
Told us of the Saviour's birth".
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Sacred infant, all divine,
What a tender love was thine,
Thus to come from highest bliss
Down to such a world as this.
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Teach, O teach us , Holy Child,
By Thy Face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble Thee,
In Thy Sweet humility!
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
 

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