Music for Taurus: Celtic Spring Enchantment
Sounds of the Celestial Season for Everyone
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Earth Mother
The Mummers’ Dance
Lyrics: [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] We've been rambling all the night And some time of this day And now returning back again We bring a garland gay [Verse 3] 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 And now returning back again We bring a garland gay We've been rambling all the night And some time of this day And now returning back again We bring a garland gay
Spirit of the Woods
Spring Strathspey
Spring Morning
Banks of Claudy
As I walked out one morning All in the month of May Down by a flowery garden I carelessly did stray I overheard a young maid In sorrow did complain All for her absent lover Who plows the raging main I boldly stepped up to her And put her in surprise I know she did not know me I being in disguise I says, "Me charming creature My joy, my hearts delight How far have you to travel This dark and dreary night?" "I'm in search of a faithless young man Johnny is his name And along the Banks of Claudy I'm told be does remain." "This is the Banks of Claudy Fair maid where on you stand But don't depend on Johnny For he's a false young man Oh don't depend on Johnny For he'll not meet you here But tarry with me in yon green woods No danger need you fear Oh it's six long weeks or better Since Johnny left the shore He's crossing the wild ocean Where the foam and the billows roar He's crossing the wild ocean For honour and for fame But this I've beard, the ship was wrecked All on the coast of Spain." Oh it's when she heard this dreadful news She flew into despair By the wringing of her milk white hands And the tearing of her hair Saying "If Johnny he is drowned No man on earth I'll take But through lonesome groves and valleys I'll wander for his sake." Oh it's when he saw her loyalty No longer could he stand He flew into her arms saying "Betsy I'm the man." "Saying Betsy I'm the young man The cause of all your pain But since we've met on Claudy Banks We'll never part again."
Spring Charm
The Awakening of Spring
Spring Healing
