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...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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 offer...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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 be here confined by you
But release me from my bands
With the he...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loreena McKennitt
January, 1992 - Just performed in Santiago de Compostella in the Galician area
Of Spain... Misty and lush as we arrived from more arid areas of the country;
Clearly Celtic territor...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loreena McKennitt
In the silence of the night
When the snow lies soft and still
You can see a magic light
And hear the ring of Christmas bells
Though the night seems long and dark
It is the earth ju...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loreena McKennitt
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 ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loreena McKennitt
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...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loreena McKennitt
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 o...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loreena McKennitt
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...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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 qu...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loreena McKennitt