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Into Forest Halls
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Into Forest Halls
lyrics by Debra Knodel & Jane Valencia,
derived from an old French carol "Christmas Eve Is Here"
Into forest halls
See the Moon is waking
Into forest halls
Clear and cold the night
Crossing paths of time
under vaulted branches
hear the ringing bells
See the lighted candle
Into forest halls
Clear and cold the night ....
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Benachie Sunrise
06:24
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Cradle Song
04:39
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Chorus:
Dinogat's cloak, the speckled, speckled one
of martin skins I made it
Chwit, chwit, awhistling
Let us chant, let us sing
When your father used to go hunting,
bundle on his shoulder, cudgel in his hand
he would call his lively hounds:
Giff, Gaff -- catch, catch, fetch, fetch
He would strike a fish from his coracle
as when a lion kills a little creature
When your father would go to the mountains
he would bring back one roebuck, one wild pig, one stag
he would call his lively hounds
Giff, Gaff -- catch, catch, fetch, fetch
One speckled grouse from the moutain
one fish from Derwennyd waterfall
When your father used to go hunting,
bundle on his shoulder, cudgel in his hand
he would call his lively hounds:
Giff, Gaff -- catch, catch, fetch, fetch
Whether wild pig or fox or grove creature
none could escape his dart who hadn't wings to fly.
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Concerto al Fresco
04:13
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Calling of the Cows
05:36
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Spootiskerry
05:09
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Binwag's Lullaby
06:02
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Don't wake my children, don't stir from your slumbers,
I'll whisper of wonders to sweeten your dreams.
The trees are wearing the winter's snowy mantle,
And icy jeweled necklaces decorate the streams.
I'll sing of the North Wind who's chasing his tail;
Whirling and growling, he laughs at the moon.
Although he's strong and he's noisy in midwinter,
His song will soon soften to summer's gentle tune.
Chorus:
Outside Northern Lights dance with the stars
Waltzing over mountains,
Wearing rainbow tiaras and slippers of ice
The Great Bear smiles from her home near Polaris.
She's guarding our passage through winter's enless night.
The first thoughts of berries are formed on frozen branches
Young shoots of grass lie suspended in snow.
The salmon are chanting their spells out int the ocean,
Breaking icy enchantments that stop the river's flow.
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Willafjord
03:29
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Hwiangerdd (Cradle Song)
02:11
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Masque
06:02
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Wild Geese
04:53
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Hin Hin Haradala
01:23
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Jane Valencia Seattle, Washington
FOREST HALLS features the music and books of bardic harper, author, and artist JANE VALENCIA. and the Celtic harp duo SPOOKYTREE with DEBRA KNODEL. Enter the greenwood -- magic awaits you!
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