Prospero's Speech Lyrics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Music: Loreena Mckennitt Lyric: Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) It was an English ladye bright, (The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,) And she would marry a Scottish knight, For L...Read Full Lyrics

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seas The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor And the ...Read Full Lyrics

Music and lyric by Loreena Mckennitt See there, past that far-off hill A tower held in the sky Hear there, in that dark blue night The music calling us home See there, in that fa...Read Full Lyrics