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Composer: Loreena McKennitt, Archibald Lampman

Loreena McKennitt - Snow lyrics



Music by Loreena McKennitt
Lyrics by Archibald Lampman

Recorded at Glenstal Abbey, Ireland
Loreena McKennitt: vocals, harp, tin whistle

White are the far-off plains, and white
The fading forests grow;
the wind dies out along the height,
And denser still the snow,
A gathering weight on roof and tree,
Falls down scarce audibly.

The road before me smooths and fills
Apace, and all about
The fences dwindle, and the hills
Are blotted slowly out;
The naked trees loom spectrally
Into the dim white sky.

The meadows and far-sheeted streams
Lie still without a sound;
Like some soft minister of dreams
The snow-fall hoods me round;
In wood and water, earth and air,
A silence everywhere.

Save when at lonely intervals
Some farmer's sleigh, urged on,
With rustling runners and sharp bells,
Swings by me and is ghone;
Or from the empty waste I hear
A sound remote and clear;

The barking of a dog, or call
To cattle, sharply pealed,
Borne echoing from some wayside stall
Or barnyard far afield;

then all is silent and the snow falls
Settling soft and slow
The evening deepens and the grey
Folds closer earth and sky
The world seems shrouded, far away.

Its noises sleep, and I as secret as
Yon buried stream plod dumbly on and dream.
Songs list of album: To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1987)
         Title Rating
01    In Praise of Christmas lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   The Seasons lyrics   -
03   The King lyrics   -
04   Banquet Hall lyrics   -
05   Snow lyrics   -
06   Balulalow lyrics   -
07    Let Us the Infant Greet lyrics Add lyrics   -
08   The Wexford Carol lyrics   -
09   The Stockford Carol lyrics   -
10    Let All That Are to Mirth Inclined lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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