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Now Winter Comes Slowly Lyrics — Sting | Dork

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Sting
Now Winter Comes Slowly Lyrics

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Now Winter Comes Slowly

From If on a Winter’s Night...2009

Written by Henry Purcell, Thomas Betterton

Produced by Robert Sadin

Lyrics

Now Winter Comes Slowly

[Verse] Now Winter comes slowly, Pale, Meager, and Old First trembling with Age, and then quivering with Cold Benummed with hard Frosts, and with snow covered over Prays the Sun to restore him, and sings as before

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About this track

"Now Winter Comes Slowly" is a song by Sting from the album If on a Winter’s Night..., released in 2009. The song was written by Henry Purcell, Thomas Betterton. It was produced by Robert Sadin.

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Robert Sadin— 21 credits as songwriter & producer →
Henry Purcell— 13 credits as songwriter →
Thomas Betterton— 1 credits as songwriter →

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