歌词
[Verse 1]
When in the springtime of the year
When the trees are crowned with leaves
When the ash and oak and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair
[Verse 2]
When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light
[Verse 3]
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
[Verse 4]
Who will go down to those shady groves
And summon the shadows there?
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
In the springtime of the year
[Verse 5]
The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days
[Verse 6]
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
[Verse 7]
And so they linked their hands and danced
'Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone
[Verse 8]
A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of our Lord's hand
[Verse 9]
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
[Verse 10]
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
Written by: Loreena McKennitt
