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Dance To Your Shadow
03:33
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Yule is Come
06:18
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Refrain: Yule is come, now beat the drum
And light the solstice flame
Tonight we'll raise a hymn of praise
For the sun returns again!
Hail to Yule, the longest night
Of all the turning year
Awake the resurrecting light
That banishes despair
For now the tide will start to turn
And night will yield to day
And the waning year will shed its skin
And cast the dark away
So pile the bonfire, join the dance
And raise your voices high
Old winter can no more advance
its hold on earth and sky
For soon the sap will rise again
The mute once more will sing
And the weary heart will wake anew
To the promise of the spring
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The Year is Born Anew
04:15
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The winter wind is blowing strong
The frost is on the tree
The night intones its dreary song
O'er meadow wood and sea
But the fire is bright, and our delight
Waits not for summer's sun
We'll feast and dance and sing this night
Til our revelries are done
Refrain: So play your pipes so sweet, my lad
And lassie, sing your tune
And bring us ale to make us glad
For the year is born anew
For the year is born anew
The world has long lain in the grip
Of winter's icy fist
Out of doors the cold doth nip
The hides of man and beast
But here within, the blazing fire
Will keep our blood from chill
And the table piled with such good fare
Will keep our bellies full
Now winter keeps us from the fields
The plow it rusty lies
The earth no grain or fruit will yield
While the story wind doth bide
But soon the ewe will have her lamp
And the spring buds they will form
And Johnny and his Mary Anne
Once more the woods will roam
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Bring Us In Good Ale
03:07
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Bring us in no brownie bread, for that is made of bran,
Nor bring us in no white bread, there therein is no gain;
Refrain: But bring us in good ale, bring us in good ale
For our blessed Lady’s sake, bring us in good ale.
Bring us in no bacon, for that is passing fat,
But bring us in good ale, and give us enough of that;
Bring us in no mutton, for that is often lean,
Nor bring us in no tripes, for they be seldom clean;
Bring us in no eggies, for there are many shells,
But bring us in good ale, and give us nothing else;
Bring us in no butter, for therein are many hairs;
Nor bring us in no pig's flesh, for that will make us boars;
Bring us in no puddings, for therein is all Goat's blood;
Nor bring us in no venison, for that is not for our good
Bring us in no capon's flesh, for that is often dear;
Nor bring us in no duck's flesh, for they slobber in the mere;
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Gaia's Lullaby
06:50
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In the bleak heart of winter when the icy wind made moan
And the world lay a-dying beneath a sky of stone
The Mother bore her Child as midnight drew nigh
And she sang to her baby a soft lullaby
She sang though the green wood lay butchered and waste
Thought her meadows and groves were all gone without trace
She sang though the sea lay plundered and bare
Though her heart was so heavy with longing and care
Lullay my dear one, my tiny child of earth
How fragile, how lovely this moment of thy birth
Are there none to praise your coming, to guard your tender light?
None to shelter your garden from ravage and blight?
So the Mother sang softly as the midnight hour passed by
And she grieved for the dark world that knew not how to thrive
That knew not how to love this gift she freely gave
Or to tend its frail blooming in field and wood and wave
Lullay my dear one, my little flame of earth
\Who will watch o'er your growing, and cherish your worth?
Lullay my darling, my little child of Time,
So precious, so fleeting, this blossom of mine
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The old year now away is fled,
The new year it is entered;
Then let us all our wrongs down tread,
And joyfully all appear.
Let's merry be this day
And let us now both sport and play
Hang1 sorrow, let's cast care away
God send us a happpy new year!
And now with New-Year's gifts each friend
Unto each other they do send;
God grant we may our lives amend,
And that truth may appear.
Now like the snake cast off your skin
Of troubled thoughts towards your kin,
And to amend this new year begin:
God send us a happy new year!
And now let all the company
In friendly manner all agree,
For we are here welcome all may see
Unto this jolly good cheer.
I thanke my master and my dame,
The which are founders of the same,
To eat and drink now is no shame:
God send us a happy new year!
Come lads and lasses every one,
Jack, Tom, Dick, Bessie, Mary and Joan,
Let's cut the meat up unto the bone,
For welcome you need not fear!
And here for good liquor we shall not lack,
It will whet my brains and strengthen my back;
This jolly good cheer it must go to wrack:
God send us a happy new year!
Come, give's more liquor when I do call,
I'll drink to each one in this hall,
I hope that so loud I must not bawl,
So unto me lend an ear.
Good fortune to my master send,
And to our dame which is our friend,
Lord bless us all, and so I end:
God send us a happy new year!
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The Turning Tide
05:19
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Taladh Chriosta
04:12
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My joy, my love, my darling thou
My treasure new, my rapture thou
My comely, beauteous babe art thou
How blessed am I to tend to thee
Halleluia
White sun of hope and light art thou
Of love, the heart and eye art thou
Though but a tender babe I bow
In heavenly rapture unto thee
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Firedance
05:44
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Cast the old year into the flame
Cast the dust of the year to the flame
All hope is reborn in the light
Hope is reborn in the light
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Jaiya Mayne Island, British Columbia
Jaiya was founded in 2003 by Gulf Island musicians Miranda Brown, Kim Darwin and Lael Whitehead. The trio recorded three albums which celebrate a deep connection to the land and to the cycles of the seasons. Brown and Darwin have now retired from the band, and Lael Whitehead is continuing on her own - with the help of talented guest artists. ... more
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