[ti:The Mummers' Dance]
[ar:BFM Hits]
[00:00.16]The Mummers' Dance - BFM Hits
[00:19.48]In the springtime of the year
[00:23.06]When the trees are crowned with leaves
[00:26.96]When the ash and oak and the birch and yew
[00:31.11]Are dressed in ribbons fair
[00:34.91]When owls call the breathless moon
[00:39.20]In the blue veil of the night
[00:43.15]The shadows of the trees appear
[00:47.25]Amidst the lantern light
[00:51.81]We've been rambling all the night
[00:55.28]And some time of this day
[00:59.29]Now returning back again
[01:03.22]We bring a garland gay
[01:15.76]Who will go down to those shady groves
[01:19.32]And summon the shadows there
[01:23.23]And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
[01:27.35]In the springtime of the year
[01:31.29]The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
[01:35.47]That when the fiddler plays
[01:39.29]All their voices can be heard
[01:43.24]Long past their woodland days
[01:47.71]We've been rambling all the night
[01:51.40]And some time of this day
[01:55.58]Now returning back again
[01:59.29]We bring a garland gay
[02:35.69]So they linked their hands and danced
[02:39.42]Round in circles and in rows
[02:43.61]And so the journey of the night descends
[02:47.63]When all the shades are gone
[02:51.84]A garland gay we bring you here
[02:55.38]And at your door we stand
[02:59.25]It is a sprout well budded out
[03:03.26]The work of our Lord's hand
[03:07.95]We've been rambling all the night
[03:11.47]And some time of this day
[03:15.71]Now returning back again
[03:19.55]We bring a garland gay
[03:23.82]We've been rambling all the night
[03:27.50]And some time of this day
[03:31.68]Now returning back again
[03:35.48]We bring a garland gay
[03:40.71]Ooooo oooo ooo oooo
[03:48.71]Aaaaaa aaaa aaaa