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 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 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

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 old ways Loreena McKennitt

The old ways The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.

The Highwayman Loreena McKennitt

The Highwayman Part I The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

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 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

Come by the hills Loreena McKennitt

Come by the hills Come by the hill to the land where fancy is free. And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the rocks reach the sea.

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

The Lady of Shalott Loreena McKennitt

The Lady of Shalott On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And trho' the field the road run by To many-towered Camelot; And up

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

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 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

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

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

Moon cradle Loreena McKennitt

Moon cradle When the moon-cradle's rocking and rocking Where a cloud and a cloud go by Silently rocking and rocking The moon-cradle's out in the sky.

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?

The two trees Loreena McKennitt

The two trees Beloved, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there; From joy the holy branches start, And al the trembling flowers they bear.

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

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

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

Skellig Loreena McKennitt

Skellig O light the candle, John The daylight has almost gone The birds have sung their last The bells call all to mass Sit here by my side For the night is very long There's something I must

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

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

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

Penelope's Song Loreena McKennitt

Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt Now that the time has come Soon gone is the day There upon some distant shore You'll hear me say Long as the day in the summer time Deep as the wine dark sea I'll keep

Snow Loreena McKennitt

Snow White are the far-off plains, and white The fading forests grow; The wind dies out along the height, And denser still the snow, A gathering weight on roof and tree, Falls down scarce audibly

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

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!

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

Full circle Loreena McKennitt

Full circle Stars were falling deep in the darkness as prayers rose softly, petals at dawn And as I listened, your voice seemed so clear so calmly you were calling your god Somewhere the sun rose

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 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.

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

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

Down By the Sally Gardens Loreena McKennitt

It was down by the Sally gardens My 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

Banks of Claudy Loreena McKennitt

And aloing the Banks of Claudy I'm told he does remain." "This is the Banks of Claudy Fair maid where on you stand. But don't depend on Johnny For he's a false young man.

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

Cymbeline Loreena McKennitt

Cymbeline Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages.

Standing stones Loreena McKennitt

Which caught the eye and then the heart Of one who could never be A lover of so true a maid Or fair a form as she.

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.

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

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,

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,

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

Let all that are to mirth inclined Loreena McKennitt

The twenty-fifth day of December We have good cause to remember In Bethlehem upon that morn There was a blessed Messiah born But mark how all things came to pass The inn and lodgings filled was

God rest ye merry, gentlemen Loreena McKennitt

From God our Heavenly Father A blessed angel came And unto certain shepherds Brought tidings of the same How in that Bethlehem was born The son of God by name "Fear not," then said the angel "