•
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
•
•
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 •
•
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" •
•
We've been rambling all the night •
• And some time
of this day •
• Now returning
back again
•
• We bring a garland gay •
•
We've been rambling all the night •
• And some time
of this day •
• Now returning
back again
•
• We bring a garland gay •
-Dedicated
to Martina-
•••
Music and Lyrics by Loreena McKennitt
•••
"Nadine" by Meilin Wong
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