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1. d rom de votre ordinateur et double cliquez l ic ne Enhanced Suivez les directives telles qu elles apparaissent cran Avis de non responsabilit les donn es de l dition revue et augment e de ce CD sont fournies l utilisateur sans garantie aucune expresse ou implicite Ni Quinlan Road Lt e ni ses distributeurs ne peuvent tre tenus responsables de tout dommage direct ou indirect r sultant de l utilisation ou de difficult s d utilisation des donn es grav es sur ce CD QR acD2. the wool sweater your grandmother might have knitted to keep the cold winter away L M QRCD102R isons d automne d tort ou c Se son it m l 1 raison qu 1L peut y um a ete J enregt IN PRAISE OF CHRISTMAS 6 06 Music and lyric Traditional English 18th century Recorded at The Church Of Our Lady Gue LM vocals harp accordion Shannon Purves Smith viols All hail to the days that merit more Than all the rest of the year And welcome the nights that double delights As well for the poor as the peer Good fortune attend each merry man s friend That doth but the best that he may Forgetting old wrongs with carols and so drive the cold winter away Tis ill for a mind to anger inclined To think of small injuries now If wrath be to see not lend her your Nor let her inhabit thy brow Cross out of thy books malevolent looks Both beauty and youth s d And wholly consort with mirth and sport To drive the cold winter away This time of the year is spent in good cheer And neighbours together do meet To sit by the fire with friend Each other in love to greet Old grudges forgot are put in the pot All sorrows aside th The old and the young doth carol this song To drive the cold winter away When Christmas tide comes in like a bride With holly and ivy clad Twelve days in the year much mirth and good cheer In every household is had The country guise is then to devise Some ga
3. us rejoyis and be blyth And with the Hyrdis go full swyth And see what God of his grace hes done Throu Christ to bring us to his throne My saull and life stand up and see Wha lyis in ane cribbe of tree What Babe is that sa gude and fair It is Christ God s Son and Air O my deir hart yung Jesus sweit Prepair thy creddil in my spreit And I sall rock thee in my hart And never mair fra thee depart But I sall praise thee evermoir Wich sangis sweit unto thy gloir The kneis of my hart sall I bow And sing that rycht Balulalow LET US THE INFANT GREET 3 46 Music and lyric Traditional English Recorded at Glenstal Abbey Ireland LM vocals harp Let us the Infant greet In worship before Him fall And let us pay Him homage meet On this His festival Let us to the Infant sing And bring Him of gifts rich store Let us honour our Infant King With praise for evermore Let us to the Infant kneel And love Him with faithful love And let our joyous anthems peal For Him who reigns above Glad hymns in the Infant s laud Sing we to Him while we may In heaven where He is throned as God Our service He will pay Be we to the Infant true While we are dwelling on mould And He will give us our wages due A crown of purest gold THE WEXFORD CAROL 6 07 Music and lyric Traditional Irish Recorded at The Church Of Our Lady Guelph Ontario LM vocals harp Shannon Purves Smith viols Good people all this
4. Christmas time Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending his beloved Son With Mary holy we should pray To God with love this Christmas day In Bethlehem upon that morn There was a blessed Messiah born The night before that happy tide The noble Virgin and her guide Were long time seeking up and down To find a lodging in the town But mark how all things come to pass From every door repelled alas As long foretold their refuge all Was but an humble ox s stall There were three wise men from afar Directed by a glorious star And on they wandered night and day Until they came where Jesus lay And when they came unto that place Where our beloved Messiah was They humbly cast them at his feet With gifts of gold and incense sweet Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep For there you ll find this With thankful heart and The shepherds went the And as God s angel had Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep To whom God s angels did appear Which put the shepherds in great fear Prepare and go the angels said To Bethlehem be not afraid appy morn A princely babe sweet Jesus born joyful mind babe to find oretold They did our Saviour Christ behold Within a manger he was laid And by his side the Virgin maid Attending on the Lord ol life Who came on earth to end all strife THE STOCKFORD CAROL 3 02 Music Loreena McKennitt Recorded a
5. es 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 gone 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 hen 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 secret as Yon buried streams plod dumbly onand dream BALULALOW 3 09 Music and lyric Traditional Scottish Recorded at Glenstal Abbey Ireland LM vocals I come from hevin which to tell The best nowells that e er befell To you thir tythings trew I bring And I will of them say and sing This day to you is born ane child Of Marie meik and Virgin mild That bliss it bairn bening and kind Sall you rejoice baith hart and mind Lat
6. mbols of Christmas play Whereat the young men do the best that t To drive the cold winter aw THE SEASONS 4 55 Music and lyric Traditional English 19th century Recorded at Annaghmakerrig Ireland LM vocals harp accordion Come all you lads and lasses I d have you give attention To these few lines I m about to write here Tis of the four seasons of the year that I shall mentio The beauty of all things doth appear nd now you are young and all in your prosperity Come cheer up your hearts and revive like the spring Join off in pairs like the birds in February That St Valentine s Day it forth do bring Then cometh Spring which all the land doth nourish The fields are beginning to be decked with green The trees put forth their buds and the blossoms they do f nd the tender blades of corn on the earth are seen Don t you see the little lambs by the dams a playir he cuckoo is singing in the shady grove The flowers they are springing the maids they go a Maying In love all hearts seem now to move Next cometh Autumn with the sun so hot and piercing The sportsman goes forth with his dog and his gun To fetch down the woodcock the partridge and the pheasan For health and for profit as well as for fun Behold with loaded apple trees the farmer is befriended They will full up hi ks that have long laid di All nature seems to weary now her task is nearly ended And more of the seasons will come by and by When night co
7. mes on with song and tale we pass the wintry hours By keeping up a cheerful heart we hope for better days W e tend the cattle sow the si work unto the ploughers With patience wait till winter yields before the sun s fair rays nd so the world goes round and round and every time and seas With pleasure and with profit crowns the passage of the year nd so with every time of life to him who acts with reason The beauty of all things doth appear It was believed at the birds chose their mates THE KING 204 Music Traditional English Recorded at The Church Of Our Lady Guelph Ontario LM vocals accordion Cedric Smith vocals Health love and peace be all here in this place By your leave we shall sing concerning our King Our King is well dressed in silks of the best In ribbons so rare no king can compare We have travelled many miles over hedges and stiles In search of our King unto you we bring We have powder and shot to conquer the lot We have cannon and ball to conquer them all Old Christmas is past twelve tide is the last And we bid you adieu great joy to the new BANQUET HALL 3 53 Music Loreena McKennitt Recorded at Annaghmakerrig Ireland LM troubadour and Celtic harps tambourine finger cymbals SNOW 5 35 Music Loreena McKennitt Lyric Archibald Lampman Recorded at Glenstal Abbey Ireland LM vocals harp tin whistle White are the far off plains and white The fading forests grow The wind di
8. re amongst our mirth Remember Christ our Saviour s birch Produced by Loreena McKennitt Recorded digitally live to two track with overdubs by John Hazen Hazen Projects Toronto Digitally remastered by Jeff Wolpert and Brian Hughes at Phase One Studios Toronto Digital editing and sequenc ing by George Seara Cover BACCHANALIAN SCENE by Richard Dadd 1862 Designed by Scott McKowen Additional design by Heidi Holdsworth of Creative Feats Inc Grateful thanks to Bernard and Mary Loughlin of Annaghmakerrig Father Christopher Brother Michael and the monks of Glenstal Abbey Monsignor Newsted and the congregation of The Church Of Our Lady John for his infi nite patience and invaluable assistance and company in the Four Corners Pub Cedric Shannon Scott Walter Scheuer my Irish chauffeur who made the Ireland trip possible and my family All songs written and or arranged by Loreena McKennitt All songs are copyright throughout the world by Quinlan Road Music Ltd SOCAN BMI In Canada the United States Australia and New Zealand all rights are adminis tered by Quinlan Road Music Ltd Throughout the rest of the world all rights are administered by BMG Music Publishing International amp 1987 2006 Quinlan Road Limited All rights reserved Unauthorized reproduction copying and rental of this recording or artwork is prohibited by law and subject to criminal prosecution Tous droits r serv s Sauf autori
9. s a child my most vivid impression of music for the winter season came from songs and carols recorded in churches or great halls rich with their own unique ambience and tradition In that spirit I have ventured into several similar locations that I have come to cherish in my travels Annaghmakerrig the one time home of the late Sir Tyrone and Judy Guthrie nestled in the woods of County Monaghan Ireland is presently a retreat for artists I have had the privilege of working there several times over the years The hall in which we recorded is a rehearsal hall where Guthrie once worked with many of the world s finest actors Glenstal Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located outside of the city of Limerick Ireland Through their devotion and warm sense of humour the monks have created a tranquillity amidst the surrounding hills that I can only hope gleams through in the songs we recorded there This recording was completed in Ihe Church Of Our Lady in Guelph Ontario Canada As we recorded through the dark hours of the night this magnificent church built in 1877 offered great inspiration The arrangements are sparse but somehow I felt that reflected the dynamics of the fall and winter seasons and that there can be much beauty in such simplicity As it is recorded on location you may occasionally hear sounds of life continuing on around us We hope these are not distracting but rather are embraced like flecks of straw in
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11. t John Hazen LM troubadour harp s studio Toronto LET ALL THAT ARE TO MIRTH INCLINED 6 52 Music and lyric Traditional English Recorded at Glenstal Abbey Ireland LM vocals Let all that are to mirth inclined Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending his beloved Son For to redeem our souls from thrall Christ is the saviour of us all The twenty fifth day of December We have good cause to remember In Bethlehem upon that morn There was a blessed Mess siah born But mark how all things came to pass e inn and lodgings filled was That they could find no room at al But in a straw filled ox s stall Near Bethlehem some shepherds keep Their flocks and herds of feeding sheep To whom God s angels did appear Which put the shepherds in great fear With thankful heart and joyful mind shepherds went this babe to find And as the heavenly angel told They did our saviour Christ behold ree eastern wise men from afar Directed by a glorious star Came boldly on and made no stay Until they came where Jesus lay And being come unto that place Where the blessed Messiah was They humbly laid before his feet Their gifts of gold and incense sweet See how the Lord of heaven and earth Shewd himself lowly in his birth A sweet example for mankind To learn to bear an humble mind Let all your songs and praises be Unto his heavenly majesty And evermo
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