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In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan;
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
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Yn de fûle winter
Flime skerp de wyn;
Paden hurd as izer,
Wetter hurd as stien;
Snie as fine jiske
Wiske op ’e wyn;
Yn de fûle winter -
Lang al lyn.
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