I am Sri Lankan. One day I heard this song from the radio . After that I have been searching for more than 15 years.did not find. Finally I found it.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I first heard it on the TV show Legacy back in the 90s? Then one day in a Home Depot and tracked down the manager who found the CD and told me what it was :-)
I'm 63 and a black man. I love just about all types of music. I have a great love for beautiful music. Today 11-16-19 is the first time hearing this song. I thank you for posting it. I can't stop listening to this. I wish I had it on a loop so I can listen to it all day and night!
I’ve always wondered what Irish people think about Lorena McKennitt because she isn’t Irish but she sings Irish music. I know some people find that to be culturally appropriating, even if you have Irish ancestry. It’s tricky when you are talking about a diaspora that is many generations removed. But I know some of us (I’m from the United States) have a genuine desire to reconnect with our ancestral roots. We just have to do it with humility and respect.
During my navy days, my ship stopped in England for a port call. On the bus, I listened to Loreena McKennet as I marveled at all the green (I'm from the desert), and this song was playing as Stonehenge's breathtaking monoliths came into view from my window. It was one of the most magical moments of my life. Thank you, Loreena, for helping make that moment so much more beautiful.
I have been looking for this song for the past 26 years!!!!! I FINALLY FOUND IT THIS MORNING!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!! I used to call into radio stations back when it first came out and hum it. Years later I would google search or hum into music apps. The only thing I can think of is that yesterday would have been my dad's 75th birthday (he died 13 years ago) and I asked for a sign that things will get better with the health issues I have been experiencing over the past couple of years. Maybe this is the sign, but even if it isn't, I am SO GRATEFUL to have found this treasure!!!! This made the rest of my year!!! ❤❤❤🥰❤️❤️❤️
This album helped me through the darkest period in my life. Back in '99 I lost my 6 month old son, then we discovered my father had an aggressive cancer and lost him soon after. This music helped to sooth my hurting heart. Thank you for such amazing music.
I have to listen to this song every year as the buds come out on the trees. And I also listen to her opposite end of the year song, "All Souls Night" when I get to the general vicinity of the Day of the Dead. This album and a couple others by her are a part of my soul. Thank you for being such a big part of my spirituality Loreena, and may you always live in the springtime of your heart. May we all.
I knew I'd find this song eventually!!! I've been searching for it since 1998, when I was four years old and I first listened three seconds of it briefly on the radio... Now I'm 28 and it's like I completed a mission of a lifetime 🤗😁!
Wow, me too! Only I was like 27. I bought the CD for my sister. For the life of me, I couldn't remember how the song went.....but I had always remembered that ancient, mystical feeling I got when I listened to it. It's phenomenal! You must have been a wise and whimsical little guy to be captivated at just 4 years young.
I first heard this song while browsing in a book store. The entire album played while I was there, and in fact I tarried longer than I would have, just because the magic of this music ensnared my soul. I asked the shopkeeper whose music it was and wonderfully, they had the music on sale. I bought it and immediately put it on to play in my car, and thereafter sought every other piece of music from her I could find. Every song is sublime.
I had the opportunity to meet Loreena in person at my mothers' funeral service. She is a wonderful, classy lady. She never forgot what Bob had done for her, and had the class to show up at his wifes' funeral. Thank you Loreena
I was 12 in an abandoned house in Iowa, abandoned for years for being far too dangerous to walk into... I liked it though, one day I went up stairs and was exploring, & I found a CD, I took it home & put it in my CD player & I fell in love with her music, & it all sounded so familiar in a enchanting way... I'm turning 20 this year & I haven't been able to find her since... This moment, is awesome, & I'm so thankful for finding it again!
what a lovely tale child! i discovered celtic music years ago.. and my maiden name is scottish.. never thought much about it.. but when i heard the celt .. it made me homesick for places i had never known or dreamed of...
Currently going through radiation therapy and play her songs for enlightenment, courage & strength in the radiation room. This is one of her songs that I have them play💪 ♥️.
@Da Bear ....THANK YOU! I got my certificate of completion last Friday...took it like champ if I do say so myself! Start my 3yr chemo today. All is good and God is GREAT.
@@Conniejean2001 Congratulations on that accomplishment!! And now on to your next equal success. I had 5 months of chemo, so while mine wasn't 3 years, I can understand a bit of your journey ahead. Comfort, reassurance, and much much luck to you..... Yes, God is so very great!
My wife went through radiation and chemo almost eight years ago. I took her to a Loreena McKennitt concert a few yers back, she loved it and we’ll hopefully see Loreena perform again. What you are going through is so hard but you will win. Wishing you many, many years of listening to L Mc K. and others.
She is absolutely precious. When this song hit the radio in 1997, it was a force to be reckoned with. Nothing else came close to matching it back then, or now, even.
Mummering has spread from Newfoundland to everywhere the Irish have gathered. I was mummering in Sodus Point, N.Y. in the 60's and 70's, a great celebration of life in the days of Christmas!
I see mummering (the procession and the play of the doctor and the knight etc) is an English custom too. It didn't start in Nfld but would have been carried there by the two main cultures of the province. Irish and English.
I can't even believe that my search for a long 15 years has come to an end ... I searched a lot for this song and today I was lucky by chance. Thank you very much for the gift.
I hear you. I heard part of this song in a movie trailer. Ever After - I fell in love with it. I spent three years looking for this song. I heard this artist voice in another song from Highlander - the final dimension.
I remember hearing this song in the commercial for the movie "Ever After" with Drew Barrymore and it stuck with me all of my life but had no way of finding it till I came across it on TH-cam. Finding a long lost song like that after years of wondering is such an amazing feeling.
Same here :) And 'the old ways' too (which I called the horse-song, because of the hooves-sound in the beginning) And Bonny Swans. I recently googled the lyrics with her. She was slightly shocked to find out it was about crafting a harp out of a woman's breastbone. But we still like the song.
Im from PA too, I remember watching the mummers day parade on TV in the 60's & 70's. My Grandmother (Irish) said that they Danced in the spring, it was a day before the sowing of a crop
I had forgotten that this song even existed but yesterday I went to Panda Express and heard this song played and instead searched for it on TH-cam perfect timing
@@cafeAmericano I think I get their inference! I was a Preschool Teacher 29 years ago, and this song was on a LOT of *lullabye* CDs. This person probably heard it at endless hours of naptime, bedtime and in the car, so they might associate it with "baby" music. Enya was on the same playlist then, too. It's not "irrelevant" at all, and it wasn't like they were putting Loreena McKinnit down, so I don't see the relevance of *your* comment.
My dad died the year this song came out. My eldest brother and I used this album to help us during those dark years.... I'm estranged from him now though, very toxic family, my dad was the only one that ever gave a 💩 about me and I lost him wayyy too young... have been alone for many years now 😣😖😭
I'm African American who listens to hip hop and funk. I heard this song by accident in 1998 and fell in love with it. By cassette tape, CD, or media stream: I make sure this song is always in my collection.
Takes me back to a time when life was easier. And, I was more than 20 years younger. In 97' I was 19. Rave's and parties were all the rage. Techno was everywhere. I had different tastes in music. I loved this of course, Enya, And I was really into old school funk. I drove people with mediocre tastes crazy. But, they didn't have to be around me, if they didn't like it. I didn't have friends anyway. Just had people around me. I was abused as a child in very extreme ways. I had no idea I had severe PTSD. I was in extreme denial. I got through the day, and worked often at least 2 jobs at once. I functioned so highly by using drugs. When I was fucked up nothing bothered me or touched me. I had started using substances at 12. By 19 things were working. The bottom hadn't fallen out. Those next years things really fell apart. I turned my back on substance at 23. Because, my lifestyle was no longer in my control. Things had gotten disgusting and I realized I had to quit or die. Then things really got hard. I was clean but not dealing with my issues. I nearly died at 25. Things got very bad for a long time. I was 38 before I started building a great life again. I faced my past. I told the truth. Got on the right medication. I'm very happy now. I have things I never thought I could have or felt I deserved. I have a wonderful wife. She is the only human being I've ever related to. Or, felt could understand me. I love her and my step children with every fibre of my being. Before they came into my life I never knew what love was. Or, felt attachment to anything or anyone. I feel human for the first time. Those are precious gifts. Beautiful gifts. This song encapsulates a moment. It was very important to me, A long time ago. A time before life kicked my ass. Still love it. Memories are a little bitter sweet. But, I love this song. I'm fortunate to have this song. It matters alot to me. Never stop fighting. Things change. Pain builds character. It is not on your time. But, the time will come. Love is the most precious gift. It's the true meaning of life. It makes suffering worth it. Life is fragile, minds and bodies are fragile. But, love is strong. Never take those who love you for granted. Thanks to anyone that took the time to read my diatribe. Bless you all, my brother's and sister's.
God bless you too and I've been reading this whole thing I feel like that too I was abused too and my whole family is toxic for me I kept listening to this song until I'm finally very blessed to this day I got this song remembered forever
I first heard The Mummer’s Dance on the Pure Moods Vol. 2 cd. My sister was playing it, caught my attention and I asked who the singer was. I was forever changed after that because I had discovered my favorite and incomparable artist! ❤
"The Mummers' Dance" 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 When owls call the breathless moon In the blue veil of the night The shadows of the trees appear Amidst the lantern light We've been rambling all the night And some time of this day Now returning back again We bring a garland gae 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 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 We've been rambling all the night And some time of this day Now returning back again We bring a garland gae 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 A garland gae we bring you here And at your door we stand It is a sprout well budded out The work of Our Lord's hand We've been rambling all the night And some time of this day Now returning back again We bring a garland gae We've been rambling all the night And some time of this day Now returning back again We bring a garland gae
@@SanjaySingh-oh7hv Yes I`m absolutely for real. I`m sorry but the projected image of Islam is not what you see. That Islam is modified and manipulated. Our God and prophet both spread the word of serving humanity and Islam teaches us to respect all religions. I have friends who are Jewish/Atheist/Pagan/Christian/Budhist/Hindu...you name it. Who am I to Judge anyone based on religion when I myself am a flawed man. What you see about ISIS/Taliban and all that BS its rubbish...thats not real Islam. I`m a muslim and take pride in standing with and respecting all religions. Blessed Be!.
@@SanjaySingh-oh7hv Without Spiritual ascent one can not appreciate their own religion or the religion of others. Wicca/paganism has things common with spiritual Islam. It`s called Sufism or Sufi Islam.
When my husband passed ....my best friend took me and my Sons down Lake Travis in Austin Texas.. The sun on our face the wind in our hair... listening to this soothing song..... Thank you...
Same here....I was in the middle of Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Sepultura when I first heard this song and it knocked me on my ass. I have loved everything she's done since that day.
Heard this in a wb store in a mall in 1998, remembered it all this time but no idea who it was or what it was called. Heard it on Sirius XM at work today and am so glad. I need to check out her other music.
I found this cd in my mother's collection, and I always feel this song in Fall. I realize it's a Springtime song, but for whateber reason I think of Autumn.
It's December 4th, 2024. I heard this song for the first time on the way to work today. I made a mental note of one of the lyrics to look it up later, since when the DJ said the title and artist, I couldn't really understand it (I thought he said Rummba Dance). I looked up the lyric when I got to work, but strangely, I couldn't find the song. I tried a couple variations on the wording to account for mishearing or misremembering, but still got nowhere. So I wrote into the radio station and asked. I told them what I knew and what time they had played it. He got back to me within 45 minutes with this title. I will remember this, and I will listen to this song again. It's so beautiful. Things like that just make me happy.
I heard this song on the Ever After trailer when I was about 10 years old, and ever since then, I searched and searched for this song. I kind of forgot about it until I came across it on an Alexa music station. Finally, I know the name and artist.
Does anyone remember the show on tv in maybe the 2000's that they used this song for the theme song? It was about a family from Ireland(?) that raised expensive horses?
This song has a special place in my heart. When I spent 2 months in Germany, my neighbor and I took the bus from Berlin to Dresden, and from there we went to several close cities and took the fairy to Sächsische Schweiz where we hiked up the mountain and went to the castle nearby. On our way back, I wanted to see as much of Dresden as possible, waited to the last moment to go to the bus station, except we couldn't find it and after running and asking around we got to the bus which literally took off a minute after we got there. it was the last bus of the day and we had zero money left. haha. I was listening to this song going back to Berlin. And every time I feel nostalgic, I come to this song. That was one of the best days of my life.
Some close friends and I were in our favorite Irish pub when we heard this for the first time. I'll never forget the gorgeous bartender leaning across the bar and filling me in on the name of the artist and title. As we walked to our cars, on that rainy fall night, and all I could do was humm it! Earlier that day, I had sat and listened to stories about my Irish ancestors. This song connected me to those stories. Now, when I hear it, I think of my family's roots in County Mayo. ❤️
The trailer of Ever After brought me here and I’ve not regretted it. Love this version and the album version as well as the rest of The Book of Secrets.
I remember sitting with my mom and big sister as we watched TH-cam videos together (about 8 or 9 years ago now) and we came upon this video.. first song of hers we heard and we instantly fell in love with it. Brings back some really awesome memories!!
Watching the black and white portion of the video is so mystical, eerie, haunting, beautiful and other words beyond comprehension. As if nothing else compares.
This song has a poignant, mystical quality...like a dreamscape, enticingly beautiful and deliberately haunting at the same time. ..It is a wonderful piece of music. I sometimes feel that I had dreamt of these people many times.
All Loreena's songs brings me back to my childhood. Have been a fan of her, fan of her authentic, sincere, beautiful, enigmatic eclectic Celtic music since my childhood, much before I made this beautiful country my home. Now I am double proud with her as a Canadian! The Mummer's Dance has always been one of my favourites from her!
The sound of a time that's passed.....I can still remember this song getting airplay everywhere, I was so young and it felt so smooth and peaceful....They say "you'll look back when you're older and miss those days".....they are correct. I never understood it then, but I do now. Thank goodness we still can recall those memories, as we will never live them again.......
Im 20 years old again thanks to my time machineI You Tube. I so remember this song. 1998 was a great year in music. Im 46 now. My God! Where did the time go?
This song is what I listen to in January of 1998. I lost my one and only. She was my one true hope for happiness. Her loss I still greatly grieve to this day. I listened to this song over and over as it was and is very pretty. My eyes still well up even after nearly 25 years. This song got through a very very dark time in my life as I had no desire to live. Her mother and I broke up 3 weeks after my daughter's loss. She was lost in pregnancy. I would to thank the band members that made this song possible. I wish y'all a very nice and peaceful evening!!😢👸💔🚒
What Citation is needed? The movie, Ever After, which came out back in 98 had a trailer released that had this song playing in it. However the song was not actually in the movie itself nor was it on the soundtrack, which was disappointing since it was a very fitting song for the movie.
Think of this when I think of Art Bell. I discovered Loreena's vocal magic when Art Bell started playing it as bumper music on his "COAST TO COAST AM" radio show back in the 90's. Art Bell..."From the Kingdom of Nye." Gone three years. R.I.P. Art Bell (June 17, 1945 - April 13, 2018)
This is such a wonderful video and song with amazing performances by really talented musicians. Loreena McKennit rocks - love the archival film 🎥 footage of mummers dancing- i presume ireland 🇮🇪 or southern england 🏴. How awesome this ancient folk art practice was filmed. Im reading a book at the moment called “ Dead Man Morris ‘ written by Gladys Mitchell and published early in her career. Fascinating 🧐. Thanks loreena and quinlan road for the wonderful music 🎧 🎵 🎶 over the years. I thinni this is from Loreena’s album ‘ the book of secrets ‘.
This song jus makes me imagine myself lying in a field of beautiful green grass and sunflowers while looking at the blue skies …. The energy that comes from this song is amazing
I was brought to tears the 1st time I heard this song. It sang to the depths of my soul like nothing I had ever heard before, like an ancient calling to my spirit. Strange but beautiful. Now my fav song. :)
I fell in love with this song over 20 years ago so much that I put it on a cd 13 times and when I get in my own head and can't get out of it or if I'm in a bad place in my head I will listen to this song and it calms me, granted it's the slower version of it, but I still love it.
I am Sri Lankan. One day I heard this song from the radio . After that I have been searching for more than 15 years.did not find. Finally I found it.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Welcome!
It also took me years to identify the author and song. Could not Google back then. On my top ten!
Even me. Couldnt find the name for about 3 months 😅
This is music opening my eyes Slovakia 🇸🇰🥹 people
I first heard it on the TV show Legacy back in the 90s? Then one day in a Home Depot and tracked down the manager who found the CD and told me what it was :-)
I'm 63 and a black man. I love just about all types of music. I have a great love for beautiful music. Today 11-16-19 is the first time hearing this song. I thank you for posting it. I can't stop listening to this. I wish I had it on a loop so I can listen to it all day and night!
Color is not matter.
Im 37 and biracial. Good music is good music and speaks directly to the soul. Peace my brother. Be well.
@@carlostoroalzate Culture often does tho when it comes to musical preferences and I think that is what he meant.
Put it in a playlist by itself and set it to repeat
Music belongs to all of us...
October 2024 and this still slaps.
This is REAL Halloween music when you think about it. Pagan mummers, pre Christian festivals, the old ways
Couldn't have said it better myself ,I used to get laughed at for playing this on c.d in my car 25 yrs ago.Goodstuff
Always
@@cafeAmericano Very true. But watching the vid I get the urge to yell "NOT THE BEES, NOT THE BEES"
I am listening on October 31st 2024
As an Irishman, I love this song! Gaelic, Celtic and Irish all combined! She gives honor to my Irish heritage!!
What the difference between the 3?
@@sunnylife7934alot of history....😉
This reminds me of Enya as well
I'm a Kelly, from a line of both Kellys and O'Kirks, 3rd generation here in USA. I raise a pint to you in salutation.
I’ve always wondered what Irish people think about Lorena McKennitt because she isn’t Irish but she sings Irish music. I know some people find that to be culturally appropriating, even if you have Irish ancestry. It’s tricky when you are talking about a diaspora that is many generations removed. But I know some of us (I’m from the United States) have a genuine desire to reconnect with our ancestral roots. We just have to do it with humility and respect.
During my navy days, my ship stopped in England for a port call. On the bus, I listened to Loreena McKennet as I marveled at all the green (I'm from the desert), and this song was playing as Stonehenge's breathtaking monoliths came into view from my window. It was one of the most magical moments of my life. Thank you, Loreena, for helping make that moment so much more beautiful.
Amazing 🥰
What a great moment, I’m glad you commented. Now I‘ll think of Stonehenge when I sing/listen to this. As if it wasn’t beautiful enough already!
She is truly an angel, am in love lol.
@Anna Hopewell more magic than some may know, I wonder why, it is wonderful hear here voice 🐝 🐝.
That's really beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
The song is almost 28 years old and it's still AWESOME!!
Her music is ethereal and timeless. ❤
Good music is eternal (well, maybe, but certainly long lived :) )
I found it on Napster on my dial-up all those years ago😂😂😂
Fukun a it rocks!!
Enchanting music & the song itself is sung so beautifully, thank you♥️
I have been looking for this song for the past 26 years!!!!! I FINALLY FOUND IT THIS MORNING!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!! I used to call into radio stations back when it first came out and hum it. Years later I would google search or hum into music apps. The only thing I can think of is that yesterday would have been my dad's 75th birthday (he died 13 years ago) and I asked for a sign that things will get better with the health issues I have been experiencing over the past couple of years. Maybe this is the sign, but even if it isn't, I am SO GRATEFUL to have found this treasure!!!! This made the rest of my year!!! ❤❤❤🥰❤️❤️❤️
I remember those days calling in and singing a chorus not knowing the name
I'm glad you found this song! I hope you're well now.
That’s so awesome!!
Omg Same!!!! No one could name this song and it drive me wild for over 25 years! Love her! Bless your journey girl!!!
❤same
This album helped me through the darkest period in my life. Back in '99 I lost my 6 month old son, then we discovered my father had an aggressive cancer and lost him soon after. This music helped to sooth my hurting heart. Thank you for such amazing music.
I hope and pray you get thru...
Oh horrible Her music got me thru living alone and wishing for more❤
Wow, yeah, and here I'm thinking I'm going through a rough time
dance your grief...love dances but it never ever dies...nor do we...
God connects us to each other, we never know who we will touch?
I love her songs. Im scottish irish. It brings my blood and spirit alive. Not many will understand that
I do 💯 😃 , I feel tears stream down my face when I listen to this. I'm Irish also 🌱
What's "scottish irish"?
@@anglaismoyen It's an American that wants to join a club.
Loreena is also Scottish-Irish, born in Canada .
Oh but we do! The Irish in me dances. The Native sharpens my arrows and knives.
I have to listen to this song every year as the buds come out on the trees. And I also listen to her opposite end of the year song, "All Souls Night" when I get to the general vicinity of the Day of the Dead. This album and a couple others by her are a part of my soul. Thank you for being such a big part of my spirituality Loreena, and may you always live in the springtime of your heart. May we all.
I second everything said here!
I knew I'd find this song eventually!!!
I've been searching for it since 1998, when I was four years old and I first listened three seconds of it briefly on the radio...
Now I'm 28 and it's like I completed a mission of a lifetime 🤗😁!
The first time I heard this song it tore a lifetime of emotion from my eyes. Glad you found it.
Holy shit man. Mission accomplished!
@@johannesswillery7855 Thanks, man 😄🤗.
@@gsomoco2041 Indeed 😄😊!
Wow, me too! Only I was like 27. I bought the CD for my sister. For the life of me, I couldn't remember how the song went.....but I had always remembered that ancient, mystical feeling I got when I listened to it. It's phenomenal! You must have been a wise and whimsical little guy to be captivated at just 4 years young.
After all these years, this is still one of my favourite songs.
A minha também
Me too..love
Second only to Enigma- Sadness
It is an all time favorite of mine too!!
Yo también amo sus canciones la verdad que es una de las artistas más talentosa del mundo 🌎 💕 ♥
Loreena is such a beautiful and unique artist her voice is astonishing im from Irish descent her music makes me feel like im in a magical fairytale💚
I first heard this song while browsing in a book store. The entire album played while I was there, and in fact I tarried longer than I would have, just because the magic of this music ensnared my soul. I asked the shopkeeper whose music it was and wonderfully, they had the music on sale. I bought it and immediately put it on to play in my car, and thereafter sought every other piece of music from her I could find. Every song is sublime.
on a david mccallum tribute video
Loved this song. This song made me love Loreena
I had the opportunity to meet Loreena in person at my mothers' funeral service. She is a wonderful, classy lady. She never forgot what Bob had done for her, and had the class to show up at his wifes' funeral. Thank you Loreena
Great story, thanks for sharing ... kindness and good deeds should be lauded.🙂
Sorry, who is Bob?
@you know? What about Bob. That Bob! MiteshDamania
The pride of this Canadian.... she is the BEST we have ever offered to the world. Every note she makes is spun gold...
Barbara Lee Lovely Sybilla pic
Candido Leite Merci.
Duke Brooks (WGMD) yes cause I don't no those other people.
Yes
Barbara Lee Stan Rogers was nice too...
I was 12 in an abandoned house in Iowa, abandoned for years for being far too dangerous to walk into... I liked it though, one day I went up stairs and was exploring, & I found a CD, I took it home & put it in my CD player & I fell in love with her music, & it all sounded so familiar in a enchanting way... I'm turning 20 this year & I haven't been able to find her since... This moment, is awesome, & I'm so thankful for finding it again!
the stories of life- lived and lost in time, unless we tell them...thanks for sharing.
59mar No problem. Glad I could tell my story. :)
great song
what a lovely tale child! i discovered celtic music years ago.. and my maiden name is scottish.. never thought much about it.. but when i heard the celt .. it made me homesick for places i had never known or dreamed of...
Munchchewy0 where at in iowa? I'm a half hour away from council bluffs
Currently going through radiation therapy and play her songs for enlightenment, courage & strength in the radiation room. This is one of her songs that I have them play💪 ♥️.
I went through it in 2021, and send you good wishes. Be well. 🌹
@Da Bear ....THANK YOU! I got my certificate of completion last Friday...took it like champ if I do say so myself! Start my 3yr chemo today. All is good and God is GREAT.
@@Conniejean2001 Congratulations on that accomplishment!! And now on to your next equal success. I had 5 months of chemo, so while mine wasn't 3 years, I can understand a bit of your journey ahead. Comfort, reassurance, and much much luck to you.....
Yes, God is so very great!
My wife went through radiation and chemo almost eight years ago. I took her to a Loreena McKennitt concert a few yers back, she loved it and we’ll hopefully see Loreena perform again. What you are going through is so hard but you will win. Wishing you many, many years of listening to L Mc K. and others.
Beautiful is the internet, letting an Egyptian guy hear such angelic/Celtic voice
And we get to hear your lovely music 😊
Penso que estamos num globo terrestre .. somos todos irmãos ❤
Sou do 🇧🇷 Brasil .. não há fronteiras, nunca haverá !!!
Loreena is one of the best Canadian artists. Right up there with Gordon and Stan. Her voice is amazing.
Mayhaps...beyond those ... For sure
I thought she was Irish ??? Like from Ireland itself
@@purposedrivenvoice She's Canadian, and we're quite proud of that!
@@purposedrivenvoiceIrish descendant living in Canada
January 2025. Still a legit banger. 🫶
This is such a beautiful, haunting melody. It literally puts me into a trance listening to it. There is powerful magic in her voice
Get her CDs or buy downloads. She has a lot of music and it is all great.
Jesus, it's amazing how all of the instruments used in this song make such an ethereal sound - Loreena's voice included.
Back in the day, it was the mist dripping sounded beat, and counter is light echo of splashes...and rithym fit to breathe
She is absolutely precious. When this song hit the radio in 1997, it was a force to be reckoned with. Nothing else came close to matching it back then, or now, even.
We heard it everywhere...and she is superior to all others today...or even yesterday...
This was the first World music song that hit the charts and was played on VH1.
Agreed 💯💯
Reminds me of the cranberries
Interesting to note that I met Ms McKennitt personally seven years ago on a balmy and rainy October evening.
Eu amo essa canção e esse vídeo, nunca me canso de ver 💜💜💜
Mummering has spread from Newfoundland to everywhere the Irish have gathered. I was mummering in Sodus Point, N.Y. in the 60's and 70's, a great celebration of life in the days of Christmas!
I see mummering (the procession and the play of the doctor and the knight etc) is an English custom too. It didn't start in Nfld but would have been carried there by the two main cultures of the province. Irish and English.
Loreena, Enya and Yanni, should totally make an album together and perform live together. It would be fantastic!
Don’t know about Yanni but a Loreena/Enya team up would be great!!!
I agree!!!
I can't even believe that my search for a long 15 years has come to an end ... I searched a lot for this song and today I was lucky by chance.
Thank you very much for the gift.
Me, too!
All her music on iTunes!!
Glad you found it!
We found it...
ND
I hear you. I heard part of this song in a movie trailer. Ever After - I fell in love with it. I spent three years looking for this song. I heard this artist voice in another song from Highlander - the final dimension.
I remember hearing this song in the commercial for the movie "Ever After" with Drew Barrymore and it stuck with me all of my life but had no way of finding it till I came across it on TH-cam. Finding a long lost song like that after years of wondering is such an amazing feeling.
My mom use to play this for me as a infant to calm me down. Im 21 now and I still love this song!!!
What a wonderful way to be introduced to the beauty of life. Your mother is one wonderful mum.
Same here :) And 'the old ways' too (which I called the horse-song, because of the hooves-sound in the beginning)
And Bonny Swans. I recently googled the lyrics with her. She was slightly shocked to find out it was about crafting a harp out of a woman's breastbone. But we still like the song.
sounds like binnorie, or the twa sisters
21 is not a millennial. go back to school, kid.
+James Anderson No, millennials are 2000+.
as in born in the new millennium, duh.
There is magic and healing in this song. Not all songs can transport you to another time but this song...every time.
I lived in Pennsylvania for 12 years and the Mummers parade was a BIG deal every year. Love this!
Im from PA too, I remember watching the mummers day parade on TV in the 60's & 70's. My Grandmother (Irish) said that they Danced in the spring, it was a day before the sowing of a crop
Huntingdon
@@Tom-ys5ikthank you for the lesson! I was just about to Google it!
havent heard this is 26 yrs. Had dinner at a Scottish restaurant in Campton Hills IL and WOW!!!!!
Her music allows us to stop thinking about what hurts us 💐
I had forgotten that this song even existed but yesterday I went to Panda Express and heard this song played and instead searched for it on TH-cam perfect timing
Best. Song. Ever!
I’m 29 and this is honestly one of my favorite songs. The beautiful sound of her voice and the musical instruments is just absolutely amazing!
It's timeless!
Why the need to divulge your age? I'm 38... irrelevant
What's the relationship to age? Music is timeless...
@@cafeAmericano I think I get their inference! I was a Preschool Teacher 29 years ago, and this song was on a LOT of *lullabye* CDs. This person probably heard it at endless hours of naptime, bedtime and in the car, so they might associate it with "baby" music. Enya was on the same playlist then, too.
It's not "irrelevant" at all, and it wasn't like they were putting Loreena McKinnit down, so I don't see the relevance of *your* comment.
I was in a bar in Toronto when I listened to this song, never thought that Loreena was Canadian. Great song
This song puts me in the mood for Fall and Samhain! Blessed Be to all beautiful souls!
Wrong celebration and time of year ... but I do agree with you to a point.
kimchi gerbil me too even if ITT is a song for Beltane.
Actually it's celebrating the spring equinox.
Strange because the song takes place in the Spring.
It's a beautiful song, friend, but it's about Spring. I love all her songs.
I have been looking for this song for 25 long years. Finally……here it is at last
My dad died the year this song came out. My eldest brother and I used this album to help us during those dark years.... I'm estranged from him now though, very toxic family, my dad was the only one that ever gave a 💩 about me and I lost him wayyy too young... have been alone for many years now 😣😖😭
First time hearing this.. October of 2022... I wish I had know about Loreena and company long ago...
Absolutely beautiful ~
I'm African American who listens to hip hop and funk. I heard this song by accident in 1998 and fell in love with it. By cassette tape, CD, or media stream: I make sure this song is always in my collection.
Irish here, I hear you! Speaks to the soul ☘️
That was definitely a lucky accident for you! 😁
Dude, no one cares. Cringe.
Takes me back to a time when life was easier. And, I was more than 20 years younger. In 97' I was 19. Rave's and parties were all the rage. Techno was everywhere. I had different tastes in music. I loved this of course, Enya, And I was really into old school funk. I drove people with mediocre tastes crazy. But, they didn't have to be around me, if they didn't like it. I didn't have friends anyway. Just had people around me.
I was abused as a child in very extreme ways. I had no idea I had severe PTSD. I was in extreme denial. I got through the day, and worked often at least 2 jobs at once. I functioned so highly by using drugs. When I was fucked up nothing bothered me or touched me. I had started using substances at 12. By 19 things were working. The bottom hadn't fallen out. Those next years things really fell apart. I turned my back on substance at 23. Because, my lifestyle was no longer in my control. Things had gotten disgusting and I realized I had to quit or die. Then things really got hard. I was clean but not dealing with my issues. I nearly died at 25. Things got very bad for a long time.
I was 38 before I started building a great life again. I faced my past. I told the truth. Got on the right medication.
I'm very happy now. I have things I never thought I could have or felt I deserved. I have a wonderful wife. She is the only human being I've ever related to. Or, felt could understand me. I love her and my step children with every fibre of my being. Before they came into my life I never knew what love was. Or, felt attachment to anything or anyone.
I feel human for the first time. Those are precious gifts. Beautiful gifts.
This song encapsulates a moment. It was very important to me, A long time ago. A time before life kicked my ass.
Still love it. Memories are a little bitter sweet. But, I love this song.
I'm fortunate to have this song. It matters alot to me.
Never stop fighting.
Things change. Pain builds character. It is not on your time. But, the time will come.
Love is the most precious gift. It's the true meaning of life.
It makes suffering worth it.
Life is fragile, minds and bodies are fragile. But, love is strong.
Never take those who love you for granted.
Thanks to anyone that took the time to read my diatribe.
Bless you all, my brother's and sister's.
Yes, that gift is from God Himself.
How old are you now
God bless you too and I've been reading this whole thing I feel like that too I was abused too and my whole family is toxic for me I kept listening to this song until I'm finally very blessed to this day I got this song remembered forever
Have to agree with you those were the best days of our lives . The 90s.
Thanks for sharing your story and some wonderful, universal truths! Hope you and yours are all safe, happy and well! 💖🙏💖
Fell asleep listening to Art Bell, I woke up in a dream state listening to this. Absolutely hypnotic and beautiful.
Will always treasure nights with Art Bell. He introduced me to so many mysteries of the world, especially music like this.
Me to. Unfortunately I didn't discover him till after his death or there about. But I listen to his show on podcast on Spotify ect. Every night.
Me to. Unfortunately I didn't discover him till after his death or there about. But I listen to his show on podcast on Spotify ect. Every night.
Yay! I do that all the time! Art is the best show to fall asleep to.
East or west of the rockies?
I first heard The Mummer’s Dance on the Pure Moods Vol. 2 cd. My sister was playing it, caught my attention and I asked who the singer was. I was forever changed after that because I had discovered my favorite and incomparable artist! ❤
"The Mummers' Dance"
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
When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gae
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
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
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gae
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
A garland gae we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of Our Lord's hand
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gae
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gae
Copying this :)
jbx1967
those r the lyrics?
спасибо за текст 👍
jbx1967 exorcists regan the work of our lords hand?! wrong...
Thank you!
She has the voice of an angel!!!...simply beautiful!!!.
I agree!
@@SanjaySingh-oh7hv Yes I`m absolutely for real. I`m sorry but the projected image of Islam is not what you see. That Islam is modified and manipulated. Our God and prophet both spread the word of serving humanity and Islam teaches us to respect all religions. I have friends who are Jewish/Atheist/Pagan/Christian/Budhist/Hindu...you name it. Who am I to Judge anyone based on religion when I myself am a flawed man. What you see about ISIS/Taliban and all that BS its rubbish...thats not real Islam. I`m a muslim and take pride in standing with and respecting all religions. Blessed Be!.
@@SanjaySingh-oh7hv Without Spiritual ascent one can not appreciate their own religion or the religion of others. Wicca/paganism has things common with spiritual Islam. It`s called Sufism or Sufi Islam.
I never tire of this haunting song. Lovely celtic voice💖
I was surprised to find out she's Canadian. Check out her compositions of songs from the Caucasus.
@@kaimalino528is that The Ancient Muse? It was inspired by the Silk Road.
This is my favorit song and Singer 🍀😍🌸🌷
As it did in the late 90'ss, this song hypnotizes my soul. I have to play it on repeat sometimes. Wow. 🙏❤️💯🔥
Wait how old are you ?
@@theguyver4934 Why?
When I had an experience of her in an old church in Ontario...she put us in a trance... incredible
When my husband passed ....my best friend took me and my Sons down Lake Travis in Austin Texas..
The sun on our face the wind in our hair... listening to this soothing song.....
Thank you...
Hello Kathleen how are you doing today??
A very enchanting almost magical,intoxicating melody that may never be repeated. Absolutely beautiful melody.
My mom went to school with Loreena, her voice is GORGEOUSSS
Total DEATH METAL guy here and been a big fan from the first sec. I heard he voice ...HER VOICE DUDE!
Same here, I heard this song smoking a bowl 20 years ago and was hooked
Her voice is so unique. Compare her to Celtic Woman. It's so much more powerful. She's a Celtic woman and everyone else is Celtic girl.
Ikr!! ~\,,/~
Same here....I was in the middle of Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Sepultura when I first heard this song and it knocked me on my ass. I have loved everything she's done since that day.
Same here!! Where my other metalheads at!?
I first heard this piece of music about 10 years ago and fell in love with it. It’s so ethereal and her voice is like a gossamer’s wings ❤
Yes, isn't it??
Heard this in a wb store in a mall in 1998, remembered it all this time but no idea who it was or what it was called. Heard it on Sirius XM at work today and am so glad. I need to check out her other music.
I love this song ❤
I am a Brazilian womam from Rio de Janeiro, and I love this Song because It brings me peace. Loreena has a beautiful Voice!! 🥰🥰🥰
Hello Cristina how are you doing today??
I found this cd in my mother's collection, and I always feel this song in Fall. I realize it's a Springtime song, but for whateber reason I think of Autumn.
seriously though, me too
I agree........
This masterpiece always brings me back to 1997. Cherish the moments because before you can blink 25 years passes you by.
It goes so fast!
I use to tell my kids this
Time flies :(
Truth.
Amen!
It's December 4th, 2024. I heard this song for the first time on the way to work today. I made a mental note of one of the lyrics to look it up later, since when the DJ said the title and artist, I couldn't really understand it (I thought he said Rummba Dance). I looked up the lyric when I got to work, but strangely, I couldn't find the song. I tried a couple variations on the wording to account for mishearing or misremembering, but still got nowhere. So I wrote into the radio station and asked. I told them what I knew and what time they had played it. He got back to me within 45 minutes with this title. I will remember this, and I will listen to this song again. It's so beautiful.
Things like that just make me happy.
1999 living in clean & sober house. Cathy played this music ...
My introduction ❤ Whimsical, Mystical 🎉
There's something si captivating about this marriage of electronic & Celtic folk music! It will remain fresh forever!
Something magical, almost mystical about this song. The sound of her voice, is very soothing and relaxing..👍👍👍
I heard this song on the Ever After trailer when I was about 10 years old, and ever since then, I searched and searched for this song. I kind of forgot about it until I came across it on an Alexa music station. Finally, I know the name and artist.
Does anyone remember the show on tv in maybe the 2000's that they used this song for the theme song? It was about a family from Ireland(?) that raised expensive horses?
Legacy TV series
This song has a special place in my heart. When I spent 2 months in Germany, my neighbor and I took the bus from Berlin to Dresden, and from there we went to several close cities and took the fairy to Sächsische Schweiz where we hiked up the mountain and went to the castle nearby. On our way back, I wanted to see as much of Dresden as possible, waited to the last moment to go to the bus station, except we couldn't find it and after running and asking around we got to the bus which literally took off a minute after we got there. it was the last bus of the day and we had zero money left. haha. I was listening to this song going back to Berlin. And every time I feel nostalgic, I come to this song. That was one of the best days of my life.
Some close friends and I were in our favorite Irish pub when we heard this for the first time. I'll never forget the gorgeous bartender leaning across the bar and filling me in on the name of the artist and title. As we walked to our cars, on that rainy fall night, and all I could do was humm it! Earlier that day, I had sat and listened to stories about my Irish ancestors. This song connected me to those stories. Now, when I hear it, I think of my family's roots in County Mayo. ❤️
Sets my Celtic blood on fire. LOVE THIS SONG!!
Erin go Bragh
Mine too...Alba gu Brath!
YSoSrs? Soon after the Antonine and Hadrian's Walls are complete.....oh wait, the "mighty" Romans just ran off!! Lol
The trailer of Ever After brought me here and I’ve not regretted it. Love this version and the album version as well as the rest of The Book of Secrets.
All the musicians are so into this song its amazing
I know right? It's one of my favorite thing from the video. Everyone seems to enjoy the moment :)
I remember sitting with my mom and big sister as we watched TH-cam videos together (about 8 or 9 years ago now) and we came upon this video.. first song of hers we heard and we instantly fell in love with it. Brings back some really awesome memories!!
Beautiful song!! 😮
Watching the black and white portion of the video is so mystical, eerie, haunting, beautiful and other words beyond comprehension. As if nothing else compares.
I remember the very FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS SONG....BLEW ME AWAY...& STILL DOES TO THIS VERY DAY 🧝♀️🧝♀️🧝♀️
During the times of Henry VIII, the Mummers visited various houses as part of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
This song has a poignant, mystical quality...like a dreamscape, enticingly beautiful and deliberately haunting at the same time. ..It is a wonderful piece of music. I sometimes feel that I had dreamt of these people many times.
Perhaps, you were one of those people, back in the past...
She's even more enchanting on stage. Came with a harp and a violinist. Magical!
I lived in rural Alaska, and I would listen to this song while watching the snow falling from my living room at night. It was so beautiful.
Very beautiful, when listening to it I feel as if I were entering a magical world, of fairies, elves and other fantastic creatures.
All Loreena's songs brings me back to my childhood. Have been a fan of her, fan of her authentic, sincere, beautiful, enigmatic eclectic Celtic music since my childhood, much before I made this beautiful country my home. Now I am double proud with her as a Canadian! The Mummer's Dance has always been one of my favourites from her!
Alissa. Perfect comments. Super👍👋. Compliments.
I felt in love with this song thanks to a tv show LEGACY from 1998...this song was the intro
❤❤beautiful just magnificent I heard these song when I was young and I just love it.
When I was a small girl I heard this song first time as the trailer of a TV series called Legacy. Ever since this is my all time favourite.
I Love this song is so Beautiful ❤
The sound of a time that's passed.....I can still remember this song getting airplay everywhere, I was so young and it felt so smooth and peaceful....They say "you'll look back when you're older and miss those days".....they are correct. I never understood it then, but I do now. Thank goodness we still can recall those memories, as we will never live them again.......
Deep
Im 20 years old again thanks to my time machineI You Tube. I so remember this song. 1998 was a great year in music. Im 46 now. My God! Where did the time go?
After all these years still one of my favorite songs.
Loved this song in the 2000's & still do. Brings back alot of memories 😌
This song is what I listen to in January of 1998. I lost my one and only. She was my one true hope for happiness. Her loss I still greatly grieve to this day. I listened to this song over and over as it was and is very pretty. My eyes still well up even after nearly 25 years. This song got through a very very dark time in my life as I had no desire to live. Her mother and I broke up 3 weeks after my daughter's loss. She was lost in pregnancy. I would to thank the band members that made this song possible. I wish y'all a very nice and peaceful evening!!😢👸💔🚒
Just had a trippy dream with this song playing.
I still remember first hearing this from the movie trailer for Ever After, was disappointed when it wasn't actually in the movie.
Love this song.
same here. bought the soundtrack and it wasnt there either :( used to think Enya sang this song. it wasnt until Napster that i found this song
Enya actually does this song as well, but Lorenna's version is by far superior
*Citation Needed*
What Citation is needed? The movie, Ever After, which came out back in 98 had a trailer released that had this song playing in it. However the song was not actually in the movie itself nor was it on the soundtrack, which was disappointing since it was a very fitting song for the movie.
LOL! I went and saw that movie solely to learn the name of this song, after hearing it in the trailer. And it wasn't there!
I've always thought of her as a mixture of Stevie Nicks & Enya. I remember this getting radio air time in the 90's.
Considering both she and Enya are Scottish, it's not surprising.
+Heartboy1031
wow, you're right, it does feel like it
Enya is from the West of Ireland.
enya's from donegal, gweedore
I think Lorena's canadian...
Think of this when I think of Art Bell. I discovered Loreena's vocal magic when Art Bell started playing it as bumper music on his "COAST TO COAST AM" radio show back in the 90's. Art Bell..."From the Kingdom of Nye." Gone three years.
R.I.P. Art Bell (June 17, 1945 - April 13, 2018)
Mega Roswell’s
@@JohnSmith-2koolaidRip Art, He brought me here
Indeed. Miss the old Art Bell Coast to Coast radio talk show ... what a special personality and talent that man was.
OMG! I’m from Vancouver, BC, Canada and absolutely ADORE Art and Loreena! 😍
This is such a wonderful video and song with amazing performances by really talented musicians. Loreena McKennit rocks - love the archival film 🎥 footage of mummers dancing- i presume ireland 🇮🇪 or southern england 🏴. How awesome this ancient folk art practice was filmed. Im reading a book at the moment called “ Dead Man Morris ‘ written by Gladys Mitchell and published early in her career. Fascinating 🧐. Thanks loreena and quinlan road for the wonderful music 🎧 🎵 🎶 over the years. I thinni this is from Loreena’s album ‘ the book of secrets ‘.
This song jus makes me imagine myself lying in a field of beautiful green grass and sunflowers while looking at the blue skies …. The energy that comes from this song is amazing
I was brought to tears the 1st time I heard this song. It sang to the depths of my soul like nothing I had ever heard before, like an ancient calling to my spirit. Strange but beautiful. Now my fav song. :)
I an so relate it truly goes to my soul good on you .!!!
Who is listening in 2021 to this fanfriggingtastic song i loved it when it first came out and i still love it now
2024!
@@nancyharman4795 awesome 💞✌️
I fell in love with this song over 20 years ago so much that I put it on a cd 13 times and when I get in my own head and can't get out of it or if I'm in a bad place in my head I will listen to this song and it calms me, granted it's the slower version of it, but I still love it.