Moon Cradle lyrics

Music by Loreena McKennitt, Lyrics by Padraic Colum, arr. Loreena McKennitt


The moon-cradle`s rocking and rocking
Where a cloud and a cloud go by
Silently rocking and rocking
The moon-cradle out in the sky.

Then comes the lad with the hazel
And the folding star`s in the rack
`Night`s a good herd` to the cattle,
He sings, `she brings all things back`

But the bond woman down by the boorie
Sings with a heart grown wild
How a hundred rivers are flowing
Between herself and her child

`The geese, even they trudge homeward
That have their wings and the waste,
Let your thoughts be on Night the Herder.
And be quiet for a space.`

The moon-cradle`s rocking and rocking,
Where a cloud and a cloud go by,
silently rocking and rocking
The moon-cradle out in the sky,

The snipe they are crying and crying
Liadine, liadine, liadine.
Where no track`s on the bog they are flying-
A lonely dream will be mine!


L.M.: Vocals, Harp, Synthetic Textures, Ukelin
Crickets: Jimmy-behind-the-fridge.

Mixed by John Whynot at Metal Works, Toronto
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