In praise of Christmas Loreena McKennitt

In praise of Christmas All hail to the days that merit more praise Than all of the rest of the year, And welcome the nights that double delights As well for the poor as the peer!

God rest ye merry, gentlemen Loreena McKennitt

God rest ye merry, gentlemen God rest ye merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay Remember Christ our Saviour Was born on Christmas Day To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray

Let us the Infant greet Loreena McKennitt

Let us the Infant greet Let us the Infant greet, In worship before Him fall, And let us pay Him homage meet, On this His Festival Let us to the Infant sing, And bring Him of gifts rich store,

Balulalow Loreena McKennitt

Balulalow I come to hevin which to tell The best nowells that e'er befell To you thir tythings trew I bring And I will of them say and sing.

The king Loreena McKennitt

The king Good health, love and peace be all here in this place By your leave we will sing, concerning our King.

The Wexford carol Loreena McKennitt

The Wexford carol Good people all, this Christmas-time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending his beloved Son.

Dickens' Dublin (The Palace) Loreena McKennitt

I walk the streets of Dublin town It's 1842 It's snowing on this Christmas Eve Think I'll beg another bob or two I'll huddle in this doorway here Till someone comes along If the lamp lighter comes real

Standing stones Loreena McKennitt

Standing stones In one of these lonely Orkney Isles There dwelled a maiden fair. Her cheeks were red, her eyes were blue She had yellow curling hair.

Seeds of love Loreena McKennitt

Seeds of love I sowed the seeds of love I sowed them in the spring I gathered them up in the morning so clear When the small birds so sweetly sing When the small birds so sweetly sing The gardener

Banks of Claudy Loreena McKennitt

Banks of Claudy As I walked out one morning All in the month of May Down by a flowery garden I carelessly did stray.

Mummers' Dance Loreena Mckennitt

When in the springtime of the year When the trees are crowned with leaves When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew Are dressed in ribbons fair.

The two trees Loreena McKennitt

The changing colours of its fruit Have dowered the stars with merry light; The surety of its hidden root Has planted quiet in the night; The shaking of its leafy head Has given the waves their melody

The Mummers' Dance Loreena McKennitt

When in the springtime of the year When the trees are crowned with leaves When the ash and oak and the birch and yew Are dressed in ribbons fair When owls call the breathless moon In the blue

The Mystic`s Dream (From The Movie `The Mists Of Avalon`) Loreena McKennitt

A clouded dream on an earthly night Hangs upon the crescent moon A voiceless song in an ageless light Sings at the coming dawn Birds in flight are calling there Where the heart moves the stones

Mystic's Dream Loreena Mckennitt

A clouded dream on an earthly night Hangs upon the crescent moon A voiceless song in an ageless light Sings at the coming dawn Birds in flight are calling there Where the heart moves the stones It's

All souls night Loreena McKennitt

All souls night Bonfire dot the rolling hillsides Figures dance around and around To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness Moving to the pagan sound.

The Mystic's Dream Loreena McKennitt

There that my heart is longing for All for the love of you <Interlude> A painting hangs on an ivy wall Nestled in the emerald moss The eyes declare a truce of trust Then it draws me far

Stolen child Loreena McKennitt

Stolen child Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water-rats There we've hid our fairy vats Full of berries

Marrakesh night market Loreena McKennitt

Marrakesh night market They're gathered in circles the lamps light their faces The crescent moon rocks in the sky The poets of drumming keep heartbeats suspended The smoke swirls up and then dies

Night ride across the Caucasus Loreena McKennitt

Night ride across the Caucasus Chorus: Ride on - Through the night - Ride on Ride on - Through the night - Ride on There are visions, there are memories There are echoes of thundering hooves

The Lady of Shalott Loreena McKennitt

Four grey walls, and four grey towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott Only reapers, reaping early, In among the beared barley Hear a song that echoes

The Mummer's Dance Loreena McKennitt

And some time of this day Now returning back again We bring a garland gay Who will go down to those shady groves And summon the shadows there And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms In the springtime

The Highwayman Loreena McKennitt

His face burnt like a brand As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast; And he kissed its waves in the moonlight, (Oh, sweet waves in the moonlight!)

Lullaby Loreena McKennitt

Lullaby O for a voice like thunder, and a tongue To drown the throat of war! - When the senses Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness, Who can stand?

Let all that are to mirth inclined Loreena McKennitt

from thrall Christ is the saviour of us all.

Come by the hills Loreena McKennitt

Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun. And cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done.

The Dark Night Of The Soul (어두운 밤의 영혼) Loreena McKennitt

Upon a darkened night The flame of love was burning in my breast And by a lantern bright I fled my house while all in quiet rest Shrouded by the night And by the secret stair I quickly fled The

Courtyard lullaby Loreena McKennitt

Courtyard lullaby Wherein the deep night sky The stars lie in its embrace The courtyard still in its sleep Peace comes over your face "Come with me" it sings "Hear the pulse of the land The

Seeds Of Love (사랑의 씨앗) Loreena McKennitt

I sowed the seeds of love I sowed them in the spring I gathered them up in the morning so clear When the small birds so sweetly sing When the small birds so sweetly sing The gardener was standing by I

The seasons Loreena McKennitt

The seasons Come all you lads and lasses, I'd have you give attention To these few lines I'm about to write here, 'Tis of the four seasons of the year that I shall mention, The beauty of all things

The dark night of the soul Loreena McKennitt

The dark night of the soul Upon a darkened night the flame of love was burning in my breast And by a lantern bright I fled my house while all in quiet rest Shrouded by the night and by the secret

Dante's Prayer Loreena McKennitt

When the dark wood fell before me And all the paths were overgrown When the priests of pride say there is no other way I tilled the sorrows of stone I did not believe because I could not see Though

Greensleeves Loreena McKennitt

Greensleeves Alas my love you do me wrong To cast me off discourteously; And I have loved you oh so long Delighting in your company.

Prospero's Speech Loreena McKennitt

And now my charms are all o'erthrown And what strength I have's mine own Which is most faint now t'is true I must here be released by you But release me from my bands With the help of your good

Bonny Portmore Loreena McKennitt

Bonny Portmore O Bonny Portmore I am sorry to see Such a woeful destruction of your ornament tree For it stood on your shore for many's the long day Till the long boats from Antrim came to float

Santiago Loreena McKennitt

January, 1992 - Just performed in Santiago de Compostella in the Galician area of Spain...misty and lush as we arrived from more arid areas of the country; clearly Celtic territory in the language and

The old ways Loreena McKennitt

On a dark new year's night On the west coast of Clare I hear your voice singing Your eyes danced the song Your hands played the tune T'was a vision before me.

Kellswater Loreena McKennitt

Kellswater Here's a health to you bonny Kellswater Where you get all the pleasures of life Where you get all the fishing and fowling And a bonny wee lass for your wife.

Coventry carol Loreena McKennitt

Herod, the king In his raging Chargèd he hath this day His men of might In his own sight, All young children to slay That woe is me Poor child for thee!

She moved through the fair Loreena McKennitt

She moved through the fair My love said to me My mother won't mind And me Father won't slight you For your lack of kind Then she stepped away from me And this she did say It will not be long,

Dark Night Of The Soul Loreena Mckennitt

to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte) The Dark Night Of The Soul /Loreena Mckennitt Upon a darkened night the flame of love was burning in my breast And by a lantern bright I fled my house

Breaking the silence Loreena McKennitt

Breaking the silence I hear some distant drumbeat A heartbeat pulsing low Is it coming from within A heartbeat I don't know A troubled heart knows no peace A dark and poisoned pool Of liberty

The bonny swans Loreena McKennitt

The bonny swans A farmer there lived in the north country a hey ho bonny o And he had daughters one, two, three The swans swim so bonny o These daughters they walked by the river's brim a hey ho

Blacksmith Loreena McKennitt

With his hammer in his hand He looked quite clever And if I was with my love I'd live forever.

Good King Wenceslas Loreena McKennitt

Good King Wenceslas Good King Wenceslas looked out On the Feast of Stephen When the snow lay 'round about Deep and crisp and even Brightly shone the moon that night Though the frost was cruel

Saiman night Loreena McKennitt

Saiman night When the moon on a cloud cast night Hung above the tree tops' height You sang me of some distant past That made my heart beat strong and fast Now I know I'm home at last You offered

Samain Night Loreena McKennitt

When the moon on a cloud cast night Hung above the tree tops' height You sang me of some distant past That made my heart beat strong and fast Now I know I'm home at last You offered me an eagle's wing

Snow Loreena McKennitt

The meadows and far-sheeted streams Lie still without a sound; Like some soft minister of dreams The snow-fall hoods me round; In wood and water, earth and air, A silence everywhere.

Annachie Gordon Loreena McKennitt

Down came her father and he's standing at the door Saying Jeannie you are trying the tricks of a whore You care nothing for a man who cares so much for thee You must marry Lord Sultan and leave Annachie

Down By the Sally Gardens Loreena McKennitt

love and I did meet She crossed the Sally gardens With little snow-white feet She bid me to take life easy As the leaves grow on the tree But I was young and foolish And her I did not agree In