The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6151

6151. Slowly Fall the Snowflakes

1. Slowly fall the snowflakes, clothing earth in white,
Sweetly bells are chiming, on this Christmas night;
Dark the earth aforetime, white on Christmas morn;
Christ the curse reversing—Mary’s Son is born.

2. Slowly fall the snowflakes, virgin-white the sod,
In the chill descending, like the grace of God;
Wild the varied chimings, one tale only tell—
Lies in Bethlehem’s manger great Emmanuel.

3. Slowly fall the snowflakes, hang the holly high,
Bright its berries greeting God Incarnate nigh;
Dark the earth no longer, barren nevermore,
Grace-flowers spring to blossom on th’eternal shore.

Text Information

• First Line: Slowly fall the snowflakes, clothing earth in white
• Title: Slowly Fall the Snowflakes
• Author: F. G. Lee
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Language: English
• Source: Carols Old and Carols New, by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston, Massachusetts: Parish Choir, 1916), number 10
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: BORROW
• Composer: W. Borrow
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Incipit: 33551 33332 12335
• Key: G Major
• Source: Car­ols Old and Car­ols New, by Charles L. Hutch­ins (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Par­ish Choir, 1916), num­ber 10
• Copyright: Public Domain