Mummers Dance
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 sometime 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 fiddle plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days
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
Good Gifts
Good gifts of love
Good gifts you hand me down
From your first touch
to my wedding gown
Do you even know
what you've given me
Do you even see
that you are wisdom
You are wisdom to me
My song, my soul
You gave so easily
I'll not forget
these gifts to me
We say goodbye
but we are not alone
Here with me still
my heart, my home
Do you even know
what you've given me
Do you even see
that you are wisdom
You are wisdom to me
My song, my soul
You gave so easily
I'll not forget
these gifts to me
I'll not forget
these gifts to me
Natalie MacMaster with Cookie Rankin
(Instrumental) Can be found on
Women of the World Celtic II
Melanie Doane & Rich Neigher
(from winner's circle)