Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers' Dance

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love this,, it's like haunting and peaceful at the same time..

Would love to hear Loreena in concert with Enya and Celtic Woman together.

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

Chorus
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

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay

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What beautiful genre is this?!

IN FACT, its the ONLY Very Good Song of Laureena. The reason why she
never did anything else with the same energy its because, first, she's
lazy and she's not able to make a very nice album because she's
not able to work under pression of high hopes. Second, shes affraid
of popularity. She cannot accept to delivery a very big tour with a
very big assistance. Anyway she's talking too much because she
very BELEIVE that what she have to say is interesting and not enough
smart to understand that we buy tickets concert for her SONGS.
And you know what? She DOESNT play Mummers Dance in concerts.
Its too bad for her public because shes a very very talentuous woman.

Thank you for posting a high quality version.

i agree my mom side o the family is irish my dad side o the family is british so i'm half irish scottish british and norwegian in my blood but all canadian cause my birth home town is toronto ontario i live in victoria bc with my family

good song :)
and the wexford carol is my other favorite song

Única, singular.

Une Immense Artiste que j'ai découverte voici env* 20ans# Je l'adore toujours autant #
A huge artist that I discovered here around 20 * # I still love it so much #

Finally ! This is used in a planetarium in Paris to great effect and I'd been searching it for ages. This goes really well with Hubble and VLT pictures.

Exquisite..! I've seen her twice in concert and, I've never, ever forgotten this euphoric, bewitching magic. Queen Loreena, is our modern day goddess and Muse. So lucky, to be living in the same age. Thank you for special gift Loreena 💜

Stinking thief