Here at Cornflower Towers we are without heating and hot water for two days while the boiler is being replaced. Front and back doors are open to the elements as work progresses, the radiators have been drained - so no residual heat, even - and the Aga is off. It is 4 degrees outside and likely not much warmer in, but we can layer on the knitwear and fill hot water bottles so we can't complain.
Purcell* does seem appropriate, though, and for those of us who like that sort of thing, here's the Nyman version.
*Edited to add: here's Alexandra Harris on the song; she goes on, "Cold sings as if his were the bass voice of the earth itself [...]".
