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 homewardMckennitt Loreena - Moon Cradle - http://motolyrics.com/mckennitt-loreena/moon-cradle-lyrics.html
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