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 veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light
We've been rambling all the night
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 of the year
The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
And so they linked their hands and danced
Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone
A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of Our Lord's hand
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
The Mummers' Dance
Loreena McKennitt
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All Souls Night Ancient Pines Annachie Gordon As I Roved Out Balulalow Banks Of Claudy Banquet Hall Beneath A Phrygian Sky Between The Shadows Blacksmith Bonny Portmore Breaking The Silence Breton Carol Brian Boru's March Caravanserai Carrighfergus Ce H\u00c3\u00a9 Mise le Ulaingt (Who Am I to Bear... Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt,The Two Trees Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt?\/the Two Trees Come By The Hills Courtyard Lullaby Coventry Carol Cymbeline Dante's Prayer Dante's Prayer Dark Night of the Soul Dickens' Dublin Dickens' Dublin (the Palace) Dickens' Dublin Dickens' Dublin (The Palace) Down By the Sally Gardens Emmanuel Full Circle Gloomy Sunday Gloucestershire Wassail God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Abdelli Version] God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen [Abdelli Version] Good King Wenceslas Greensleeves Huron 'beltane' Fire Dance In Praise Of Christmas In the Bleak Midwinter Incantation Introduction Kecharitomene Kecharitomene [Instrumental] Kellswater Let All That Are To Mirth Inclined Let Us The Infant Greet Lullaby Marrakesh Night Market Moon Cradle Mystic Dream Never-Ending Road (Amhr\u00e1n Duit) Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit) Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit) Night Ride Across The Caucasus No\u00c3\u00abl Nouvelet! On a Bright May Morning Penelope's Song Penelope's Song Please Remember Me Prospero's Speech Prospero's Speech Raglan Road Sacred Shabbat Sacred Shabbat [Instrumental] Samain Night Santiago Seeds Of Love She Moved Through The Fair Skellig Snow Standing Stones Star of the County Down Stolen Child Tha Gates Of Istanbol The Bonney Swans The Bonny Swans The Christmas Bells Carol The Dark Night Of The Soul The Death of Queen Jane The English Ladye And The Knight The Gates Of Istanbul The Highwayman The Holly & The Ivy The King The Lady Of Shalott The Lark In The Clear Air The Last Unicorn The Mummer's Dance The Mummers' Dance The Mystic's Dream The Mystic's Dream The Old Ways The Parting Glass The Seasons The Seven Rejoices Of Mary The Star of the County Down The Stockford Carol The Two Trees The Waxford Carol The Wexford Carol The Wind that Shakes the Barley To The Fairies They Draw Near To The Fairies They Draw Near, Part II Track Comments To 'the Visit' Track Comments To 'the Visit' Track Comments To the Visit Un Flambeau Wexford Carol
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