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The
Australian re-release is the same edition
of Pure as the International Edition
(14 tracks): |
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1) Pokarekare
Ana 
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8) Amazing
Grace
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2) Never
Say Goodbye
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9) My
Heart And I
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3) Who
Painted The Moon Black?
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10) In
Trutina
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4) River
Of Dreams
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11)
Beat Of Your Heart
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5) Benedictus
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12) Across
The Universe Of Time
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6) Hine
e Hine
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13) Heaven
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7) Dark
Waltz
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14) Wuthering
Heights
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Bonus
Disc has four tracks: |
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The
New Zealand re-release is as per
the original release: |
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1) Who
Painted The Moon Black?
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7) Across
The Universe Of Time
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2) Beat
Of Your Heart
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8) River
Of Dreams
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3) Never
Say Goodbye
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9) Wuthering
Heights
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4) Dark
Waltz
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10) My
Heart And I
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5) Heaven
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11) Benedictus
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6) In
Trutina
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12) Hine
e Hine (full version)
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Bonus
Disc has six tracks: |
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1)
Pokarekare Ana |
2)
Amazing Grace |
3)
The Mummer's Dance (Lyrics follow at
the end of this email) |
4)
Mary Did You Know? (Lyrics as track
4 on My Gift To You) |
5)
Silent Night (Lyrics as track 12 on
My Gift To You) |
6)
Away In A Manger (Lyrics follow at
the end of this email) |
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So,
now for the lyrics: |
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The
Mummer’s Dance
Music
and Lyrics by 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 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
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Chorus:
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"
Chorus:
We’ve been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
Chorus:
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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Now,
if you would like to hear what The
Mummer's Dance sounds like when performed
by Loreena McKennitt, click any image
below |
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Away
In A Manger |
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Away
in a manger, no crib for a bed,
the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet
head,
The stars in the bright sky looked down
where he lay,
the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
The
cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
but little Lord Jesus no crying he
makes.
I love you, Lord Jesus; look down from
the sky,
and stay by my side until morning is
nigh.
Be
near me, Lord Jesus, I ask you to stay
close by me for ever, and love me, I
pray.
Bless all the dear children in your tender
care,
and fit us for heaven, to live with you
there. |
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