Loreena McKennitt 💃 The Mummers' Dance ~ by Viktoria

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➤"The Mummers' Dance" is a song written, composed, and performed by Canadian Celtic singer *Loreena McKennitt*, released as a single from the album The Book of Secrets in 1997. The song refers to the seasonal mummers' play performed by groups of actors, often as house-to-house visits. Its lyrics indicate a springtime holiday.

"The Mummers' Dance" reached number 10 in Canada and was a surprise hit in the United States, reaching No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 3 on the Adult Top 40 chart, and No. 1 on the Adult Alternative Songs chart. It was used as the theme for the TV series Legacy. It was also featured in the trailer for the film Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore, and in the soundtrack of the Brazilian telenovela Corpo Dourado. A music video was also produced for the selection.

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➤CREDITS: © Published by Quinlan Road Music Ltd. (SOCAN/BMI) ) WEA
© White Mystic; Performance Artist: Adelaide Marcus/ www.ArtByAdelaide.com
Film: Akira Chan www.AkiraChanArts.com Edit: Adelaide Marcus

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

CHORUS
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