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

The two trees Loreena McKennitt

There the Loves a circle go, The flaming circle of our days, Gyring, spiring to and fro In those great ignorant leafy ways; Remembering all that shaken hair And how the winged sandals dart, Thine

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

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

Mystic's Dream Loreena Mckennitt

the sky When darkness lays her crimson cloak Your lamps will call, call me home And so it's there my homage's due Clutched by the still of the night And now I feel you move And every breath is full

Down By the Sally Gardens Loreena McKennitt

the river My love and I did stand And upon my leaning shoulder She laid her snow-white hand She bid me take life easy As the grass grows on the weirs But I was young and foolish And now I am full

All souls night Loreena McKennitt

Standing on the bridge that crosses The river that goes out to the sea The wind is full of a thousand voices They pass by the bridge and me. Chorus - 2x

Balulalow Loreena McKennitt

Lat us rejoyis and be blyth And with the Hyrdis go full swyth And see what God of his grace hes done Throu Christ to bring us to his throne My saull and life stand up and see Wha lyis in ane cribbe

Standing stones Loreena McKennitt

The land runs out into the sea - It's a narrow neck of land - Where weird and grim the Standing Stones In a circle where they stand.

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

pools of the sky When darkness lays her crimson cloak Your lamps will call me home And so it's there my homage's due Clutched by the still of the night And now I feel you move Every breath is full

Kellswater Loreena McKennitt

Oh hard was the heartbreak I'm finding She took from her full heart's delight May the chains of old Ireland come find them And softly their pillows at night.

The Mystic's Dream Loreena McKennitt

Darkness lays her crimson cloak Your lamps will call call me home And so it's there that my homage's due Clutch-ed by the still of the night Now I feel, feel you move And every breath, breath is full

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...

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 gardene...

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. Greensleeves was my delight, Greensleeves my heart of gold Gre...

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....

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

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 veil ...

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 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 b...

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 and ...

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 Ther...

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, love...

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? When the souls of the oppressed Fight i...

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 i...

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 ve...

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 road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And...

Blacksmith Loreena McKennitt

Blacksmith A blacksmith courted me Nine months and better He fairly won my heart Wrote me a letter. With his hammer in his hand He looked quite clever And if I was with my love I'd live forever. ...

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. Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the su...

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. Our King is well-dressed in silks of the best In ribbons so rare no king can compar...

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. Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweep...

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 tell...

Coventry carol Loreena McKennitt

Coventry carol Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child By by, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child By by, lully lullay O sisters too, how may we do For to preserve this day This poor youngling For ...

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. ...

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 When...

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. I overheard a young maid In sorrow did complain, All for her absent lover Who ...

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 thing...

Annachie Gordon Loreena McKennitt

Annachie Gordon Harking is bonny and there lives my love My heart lies on him and cannot remove It cannot remove for all that I have done And I never will forget my love Annachie For Annachie Gord...

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. On a dark new year's night On the west coast of Clare I hear your voice singin...

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 han...

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 Ocean...

Carrighfergus Loreena McKennitt

Carrighfergus I wish I was in Carrighfergus, Only for nights in Bellygrant. I would swim over the deepest oceans, Only for nights in Bellygrant. But the sea is wide, and I can't get over. Neither...

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 now...

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 ...

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 ve...

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. With Mary holy we should pray To God with love ...

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! Good fortune atte...

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, Let...

Let all that are to mirth inclined Loreena McKennitt

Let all that are to mirth inclined Let all that are to mirth inclined Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending his beloved Son Chorus: For to redeem our souls f...

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. Then comes the lad with the hazel And the fol...