Key: E minor
Verse 1
B
Em
G
Em
G
Em
Cold winter is come with its cold,
B
D
And the leaves are all
Em
D
B
gone from the trees
D
G
by the finger of death
B
D
And the streams are
Em
D
B
beginning to freeze
Em
B
When flora returns us no more,
When in plenty you are sitting
Em
D
G
by a warm fireside,
B
C
B
Em
That's the time to remember the poor.
B
Em
B
Em
D
G
The cold feathered snow will in plenty descend,
D
Em
D
B
and whiten the prospects around.
Em
B
Em
D
G
The keen cutting wind from the north will ascend,
D
B
and cover it over the ground.
Em
B
And the rivers are froze on the shore,
D
G
they proclaim a cold night,
B
C
B
Em
That's the time to remember the poor.
B
Em
B
The poor timid hare through
Em
G
the woods may be traced
B
snow
Em
B
Em
When our lips and our fingers are dangling
D
G
B
D
with cold, and the marksman
Em
D
B
of shooting does go.
B
D
approaches your cot,
G
Em
B
and the icicles hang at the door,
D
G
reviving and hot,
B
C
B
That's the time to
Em
B
Em
remember the poor.
G
B
Em
The thaw shall ensue,
B
Em
G
and the waters increase,
B
D
B
And the rivers vehemently grow.
G
Em
B
The fish from oblivion
Em
D
G
obtains its release,
D
B
And in danger the travellers go.
Em
B
And your bridges are used for the moor,
D
G
everything that is good,
C
B
Em
Do you grumble to think of the poor?
B
Em
B
The time will come when our
Em
D
G
Saviour on earth,
B
D
G
B
All the world shall agree with one voice,
Em
B
Em
All na tions unite to salute the
G
Blessed
One,
D
B
And the whole of the earth shall rejoice
When
G
D
Brindis deprived of his king's sting
Em
B
And the grave rules triumphant no more
Em
D
G
Alleluia, shall sing
B
B
Em
Then the rich must remember the poor.
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