Loreena Mccennitt Snow Lyrics

Snow Lyrics

O light the candle, John

The daylight has almost gone

The birds have
sung their last

The bells call all to mass



Sit here by my
side

For the night is very long

There's something I must tell

Before I pass along



I joined the brotherhood

My books
were all to me

I scribed the words of God

And much of history



Many a year was I

Perched out upon the sea

The waves
would wash my tears,

The wind, my memory



I'd hear the ocean
breathe

Exhale upon the shore

I knew the tempest's blood

Its
wrath I would endure



And so the years went by

Within my
rocky cell

With only a mouse or bird

My friend; I loved them
well



And so it came to pass

I'd come here to Romani

And many a year it took

Till I arrived here with thee



On
dusty roads I walked

And over mountains high

Through rivers running
deep

Beneath the endless sky



Beneath these jasmine flowers

Amidst these cypress trees

I give you now my books

And all their
mysteries



Now take the hourglass

And turn it on its head

For when the sands are still

'Tis then you'll find me dead



O light the candle, John

The daylight is almost gone

The birds
have sung their last

The bells call all to mass