I made a MIDITEXT of the basic Darke tune, which I found in The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols (with the longer name). Can't say I've ever heard it, but SNOBC contends it is superior to the Holst tune.
-Joe Offer-

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MIDI file: BLEKMDWN.MID

Timebase: 192

Name: In the Bleak Mid-winter
Text: By Christina Rossetti - Harold Arrke
Copyright: Copyright © Stainer & Bell, Ltd.
Key: G
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Start
0000 1 71 110 0256 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 66 110 0336 0 66 000 0048 1 64 110 0256 0 64 000 0032 1 66 110 0094 0 66 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0720 0 62 000 0048 1 67 110 0256 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 76 110 0336 0 76 000 0048 1 74 110 0336 0 74 000 0048 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 74 110 0256 0 74 000 0032 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 72 110 0720 0 72 000 0048 1 71 110 0256 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 65 110 0256 0 65 000 0032 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 64 110 0336 0 64 000 0048 1 67 110 0384 0 67 000 0000 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0720 0 62 000 0048 1 67 110 0256 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0192 0 67 000 0000 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 71 110 0192 0 71 000 0000 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 74 110 0720 0 74 000 0048 1 74 110 0528 0 74 000 0048 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 67 110 0720 0 67 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:In the Bleak Mid-winter
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:G
B3Ad2B2|G4F4|E3FG2E2|D8|G3GB2G2|e4d4|B2A2d3G|
c8|B3Ad2G2|=F3EE4|G4c2E2|D8|G3AB2G2|G2A2B2c2|
d8|d6B2|G15/2||