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

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.

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!

Let us the Infant greet Loreena McKennitt

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 us honour our Infant King

In praise of Christmas Loreena McKennitt

Good fortune attend each merry man's friend That doth but the best that he may, Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs To drive the cold winter away.

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

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.

The Highwayman Loreena McKennitt

He did not come at noon; And out of the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon, When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor, A red-coat troop came marching, Marching, marching, King

The bonny swans Loreena McKennitt

assembled all the swans swim so bonny o He laid the harp upon a stone with a hey ho and a bonny o And straight it began to play lone the swans swim so bonny o And there does sit my father the King

Moon cradle Loreena McKennitt

Then comes the lad with the hazel And the folding star's in the rack 'Night's a good herd' to the cattle, He sings, 'She brings all things back.'

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

Blacksmith Loreena McKennitt

But where is my love gone With his cheeks like roses And his good black Billycock on Decked around with primroses.

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 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...

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 The...

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 And ...

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...

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...

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...

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. The changing colours of its fruit Have dow...

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. ...

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 ...

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'...

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...

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. Oh it's down where yon wat...

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. This day to you is born ane child Of Marie meik and Vi...

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...

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...

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. Which caught the eye and then the heart Of one...

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...

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 fo...

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. Somewhere in a hidden memory Images float b...

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 It'...

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 Mummer's Dance Loreena McKennitt

And some time of this dayNow returning back againWe bring a garland gayWho will go down to those shady grovesAnd summon the shadows thereAnd tie a ribbon on those sheltering armsIn the springtime o...