Heather Dale

"Lover, dear lover, I've had a fell dream, My mother's adrift on the sea! My brothers have left her alone in the gale - There's no one to save her but me." "Oisín, Oisín, lay down your fair head I've given you gold and I've given my bed, And your mother lies...

I suppose that I look different without the robes and crown I come this day before you with no riches, no renown For here I am no leader, I am just a humble man And I only ask you take me, you take me as I am I'm not looking for perfection, I'm not offering a...

Hail, Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with you, untroubled maiden. you are blessed amoung women, you who brought forth peace to men and glory to angels (and glory to angels). Blessed, too, is the fruit of your womb, who by grace made it possible for us to be...

Come ye bearer of the Rose's Cup Favour of a Queen Come ye bearer of the Rose's Cup Join your voice with me Harpers, pipers, fiddlers all Come and gather near Come and join the voices of The Bards of Ealdormere Come ye bearer of a woven ring Token of a Peer...

Bow to the crown, Bow to the throne, And bow to the one whose favour you own. Remember their eyes are watching the fray, Then bow to each other and fight as you may. Honour the crown and fight for their duty, The champions of right and of all we should be. Th...

Brother, stand beside me -- Brother, lend your arm Brother, stand beside me -- Brother, lend your arm The land below lies stricken And this fight has nearly come Let them sing our praises when we've gone Brother, stand beside me -- Brother, lend your arm Brot...

Call the names of the foemen who've fallen Let them be carried like seeds on the wind Call the names of the kinsmen who've followed Let them be jewels in the crown of our King Gather the sheaves of harvest-time lightly Many a day will they strengthen our kin...

The wind blows low and mournful Through the Strath of Dalnacreich Where once there lived a woman Who would a mother be For twelve long years a good man's wife but ne'er the cradle filled A mother of a changeling child from 'neath the fairy hill She traveled t...

Another June, another wedding We are gather here today To watch a girl who choose to be a bride Give promises away I do, I do The sun is shining I reach out to hold your hand We understand the kind of choices lie ahead [Chorus] Every morning Choose to love s...

Come and be welcome, O wandering minstrel Spreading your music from city to town Be you harper or piper, your duty is noble You carry the tunes that will never die down Come from the forest and sit 'round the fire Come from the fields and enter our hall Come...

So here I am again, I think I've sinned I can't exactly place the how or why. I tried to be a sister and a friend I never dreamed she'd give this winged reply. The one I told you all about The pretty one who came here, so devout She told me all the things she...

You must be getting pretty tired Of the man who once inspired you Going back on what he asked you to believe All the promises of power From his glittering ivory tower Where's the height that he once told you you'd achieve? Those other men believe what you and...

Shining pearl within the crimson sky Guide me in the coming night Perfect seed within a humble husk Ground my feet in soil so I may rise Patient leaf within the endless pool Calm me when the torrent falls Gentle wind within the slanting grass Bear me ever o...

Culhwch, son of Cilydd, a nobleman of Wales was counselled by his mother to seek Olwen as a bride. Fair Olwen, only daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden Who would never let her marry, for when she wed he'd die. Arthur's knights they joined him: Kei, Bedwyr an...

Dry your eyes - it's no cause to weep The weather is fine and the road isn't steep The world is still round, my compass is true Each step is a step back to you Each step is a step back to you Dry your eyes - each day you're alone Is one fewer to wait 'til you...

I once heard of an elephant Who travelled from the Orient “I know it all!” she sadly cried “There must be something I've not tried!” She packed her trunks and off she went to learn, as noble beasts are meant So like the one who learned it all Remember, remembe...

Lo,how a Rose e'er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! Of jesse's lineage coming, as those of old have sung. It came, a floweret bright, Amid the cold of winter When half spent was the night. Isaiah 'twas foretold it, The Rose I have in mind; With Mary we...

You're begging on your knees without dirtying your hand You want someone to love, but not someone I can The wilderness calls me again A trusted friend in my exile I'm free in my exile, I'm free The stringless thorns replace the fishhooks in my flesh You try t...

There's supposed to be a carriage With a footmen and a groom There's supposed to be a palace And I escape the cinders and the broom There's supposed to be a wedding With glass slippers and a crown You're supposed to be Prince Charming Not chasing girls out in...

Twenty young women were there on the dock From an orphanage East of Paris Girls without fathers now King Louis' daughters Who'd chosen to cross the wide sea Nervous and hopeful, no strangers to toil They'll do well in the new lives they'll lead As honourable w...

Fisherman's boy with a bucket of water goes walking each day on the shore Looking in tide-pools and crannies for fish that were stranded Sure-handed he'd gather them all Throwing them back to the ocean Back to the living once more Soon he was throwing the net...

He was Captain of the Nightingale Twenty-one days from Clyde in coal He could smell the flowers of Bermuda in the gale When he died on the North Rock Shoal Just five short hours from Bermuda, in a fine October gale There came a cry "Oh, there be breakers dead...

With all the years between us (I know your heart) You know I'd never lie Let other people judge us With all their own assumptions You know with me you never have to hide We'll never be those wide-eyed kids who fell in love then We'll never fit inside those na...

I waited for a sunny day to launch my grand design The clouds would loom, the wind would turn--it happened every time Until at last it struck me: I should just let it all unfold The sun is shining somewhere Fortune loves the bold. They laughed and shouted que...

I believe that justice is the same thing as the law So I conform my opinion to whatever I've been told. I'll admit that I just shrug, and I don't dwell on everyone When I hear some unfortunate hound got thrown in with the wolves. 'Cause deep down I know t...

Arthur's hall is mantled in the carded fleece of winter Guinevere sits veiled in her own thoughts Arthur laughs, but beneath the crown his hair is turning grey And by the fire, Merlin spends his days The portal opens and a maid as fair as apple blossoms...

You think if you set the price they'll turn me in You think that when I'm up upon the pike you'll win They'll say that I was fighting For the spirit of the law What will they say about you When I'm gone You murdered and you stole you mocked the hope I g...

Guinevere would sit among the holly and the ivy And there enthroned she'd hear the pleas of lovers vain and true And there she'd sit serenely 'neath the thorns upon the holly And the creepers of the ivy and the bending boughs of yew. One day there came before...

I promise you nothing, I take only that which is free I'd give you a life full of risk, and the whirlwind of joy that can be Don't try to bind me, just love me without any greed And I'll give you the world, and my heart, and the air that I breathe Slip the je...

Oh the wren, oh the wren is the king of all birds On St. Stephen's Day he got caught in the firs It's up with the kettle and down with the pan Give us a penny for to bury the wren Oh the wren, oh the wren is a terrible rake Won't you give us a penny for the l...

Ehstehn yayau deh tsaun we yisus ahattonnia O na wateh wado:kwi nonnwa 'ndasqua entai ehnau sherskwa trivota nonnwa 'ndi yaun rashata Iesus Ahattonnia, Ahattonnia, Iesus Ahattonnia. Ayoki onki hm-ashe eran yayeh raunnaun yauntaun kanntatya hm-deh 'ndyaun sehn...

I followed my king To a war in a far southern land Where men, said he, should prove his throne I stood with my king And was ready to strike them all down But my king stood tall and reached out, and took sword of his own And as we departed, he said to...

I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas day in the morning There comes a ship a-sailing With angels flying fast; She bears a splendid cargo And has a mighty mast. And what was in those ships all three On Christmas day in the morning The ship is fully...

With your grace as inspiration I will prove my love to you When I stand in polished armor on the field I will bow towards your beauty as you stand beside your father With passion in my heart I shall not yield With your grace as inspiration I will proudly bear...

Son, I want you to take me into town. I don't want to scare the children, but I think my time has finally come around. Just let me look into my grandson's eyes and hide that I won't see him grown. Son, I want you to take me into town, so I won't have to go alo...

I am as God made me, I have no desire, For a mouth at my breast or a pot on the fire, I heed the higher voices; I go where I'm sent, To mow down the men who refuse to repent, I'm a scythe, in a field full of briars. And they won't call me Mother, or Sister, o...

The doge of Venice and council of ten were watching their town go astray The coffers are lean, there’s no money to spend, it’s a state of financial decay The cobblers are squabbling and no making shoes The vintner have gone and forsaken the booze The merchants...

The Kingsword will stand... the Kingsword will stand The Kingsword will stand in its scabbard of granite The quicksilver forged in the pools of the sky A rumour explained by the one who began it A boy's hand will grasp it, a man's raise it high Son of t...

He was young and he rode along the river Raven-haired The fairest thing to grace those steady banks In ages come and lost for-ever And power laid upon him Like a thousand secrets she would never know And so she spoke In the lapping of the land Golden-tongued...

The ones who rule over our fair land of Ealdormere They reign just and wisely we vouch with good cheer And no truer lady trod on this good earth So let the hall ring for the light of the north Let the hall ring for the princess of Ealdormere Let the hall ring...

Good sir, I now present myself before you. With velvet robes and lilies in my hair, My ladies do their best with what they're given, And I only pray that you will find me fair. I ask you leave a penny for the bargeman And one in penance for the hearts yo...

As we were out a-hunting One morning in the spring Both hounds and horses running well Made the hills and the valleys ring But to our great misfortune No fox there could be found Our huntsmen cursed and swore but still No fox moved over the ground And upspok...

A peasant maid of aspect fair went walking, flowers in her hair Towards the daily market fair, a basket in her hand. Thereupon she caught the eye of two who chanced to be riding by A knight upon his stallion high, and a lord who held the land. “Fair maid,” th...

Martin said to his man, "Fie, man, fie!" Martin said to his man, "Who's the fool now?" Martin said to his man, "Fill thou the cup and I the can. Thou hast well drunken, man. Who's the fool now?" I saw the man in the moon, "Fie, man, fie!" I saw the man in the...

I went to meet her for a friend. A beloved friend, who knew he could be there, and knew someone who should be. We love each other, even then. A brother's love, he'd say. So who else would he send, to bring his bride that day? They said she's lovely as the sp...

Steel on steel Break the blade that called him to his rest And cast it to the deep Light the pyre Name the one whose shield is on his chest And leave him to his sleep The measure of a man Stands or falls with what he leaves behind Gather on the sand...

Mother would tell me I was a pretty girl Then she would cry all night Nobody thinks that really they're being cruel When they suggest that I should try to look like them As if God loved the pretty ones best Damn 'em all - I create my own perfection Damn...

Walk with me, my heart The gate is much too spare a place to speak And the gardens put to shame the meadow's bloom An Eden set apart I fancy Eve herself knew scent as sweet I see that patch of lilies from my room I'm glad you finally came I watched you...

Hush child, the darkness will rise from the deep And carry you down into sleep, Child, the darkness will rise from the deep And carry you down into sleep. Guileless son, I'll shape your belief, And you'll always know that your father's a thief, And you won't...

The mountain rose from bonds of earth and showed that all could rise. Some men learned, while others saw with only hungry eyes. And as the prize they conquered, like a bride without her gown. One by one, they mined its bones and dragged the mountain down. The...

Where have you gone, My only, my own? How far have you flown from me? The work of our hands Built a beautiful ship. How could I begrudge you the sea? Alone, alone, My only, my own, When will you return to me? Alone, alone, My only, my own, When will you retur...

Won't you walk in the garden, come and see how it's grown. Some parts need tending, others just grow on their own. Beautiful in springtime and soft in the snow. I don't want to walk it alone. Never quite Eden, but not quite yet wild. Won't you walk for a whil...

Before I got to fighting (or when fighting got to me) I looked to find examples on the field of chivalry And I saw mighty arms much stronger than my arms could ever be So I thought perhaps the field was not for me But still I stayed and watched the fighti...

Greetings, Master Piper! The other kids and I can see you’re new in town. It seems as though the world has got you beaten down. Well, I’m sad to say, this town will do the same. But take heart, Master Piper, The other kids and I have got a little game,...

There was a fair and youthful man Called Pierre LeBlanc was he Who loved a girl called Marianne Who lived in far Paris One day there came by messenger A letter in her hand That begged him come and marry her And travel across the land "Ho-ho!" said Pierre, "m...

Did you think that you were better, somehow better than me? You come here with your arms thrown wide like that means anything to me You think 'cause you're a big man now you can take what isn't yours You come here in your righteousness and you think that opens...

Sheperds left their flocks a-straying, God's command with joy obeying, When they heard the angel saying: "Christ is born Bethlehem." Wise Men came from far, and saw him, Knelt in homage to adore him; Precious gifts they laid before him: Gold and frankincense...

I may never be a painter With pigment, shell, and brush My angels seem to swagger And my devils seem to blush And I think I'll never fancy Being scared of poison dust But I've tried it, and may try it yet again I don't think I could embroider On a swatch of l...

The squire serves the gentleman, And the gentleman follows me, And in so doing learns the ways of skill and courtesy. I ever serve my lady for the love she gives to me. And the Rose and Lion stand and serve the King, For the King! The Rose and Lion stand and...

Sedna roamed the deep, the cold forgotten deep, no-one wants to be alone Sedna roamed the deep, the cold forgotten deep, no-one wants to be alone From her hands they fell, children of the ocean's swell With ice's twinkle given sight She offered them a name, a...

New year's day, Dawning wet on Britain's shore King's hall roused by a pounding on the door. A giant knight, dressed in green, never seen before Hefts an axe and holds it high and lets a challenge roar: 'You craven men may fear dishonour, but you fear my venge...

One pearl for a lady with heart wide and loving Who never denies an embrace One pearl for the skill that the whole hall is toasting Accomplishments gone without trace One pearl like the moon lies eclipsed by her sunlight Still warm even burdened with care F...

Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep Old bones don't sleep They yearn to be once again dressed In the tears we weep In the tears we weep In the tears we weep She remembered the sun From the world long ago In the time before darkness And wander She soo...

The Smith brought his blanket and he laid it before him People came up from miles around To sit in a circle and trade their treasures Each in turn put their goods on the ground Ten yards of trim and some heavenly cider I got a bucket here made of wood and fib...

The cook was in the kitchen, The feasters in the hall. A single lady slaving, Would attempt to feed them all. A family of newcomers Saw her cooking on her own Each one took a pot And swore she wouldn't cook alone! (chorus) The stone is in the kettle The wate...

You read me a chapter of storybook love When the night was a blanket around us. I think we both knew that the dream would dissolve When the cold light of morning had found us. You have what you need, And it isn't for me. And it hurts, but it's not a surprise....

Sleep, my tarnished silver Let me dull you once again And let our battle end Sleep, my snowless winter Let me warm you once before I go And I'll pretend to know and understand Sleep, my fallen cedar Let me have your weakened pride to hold And join my...

Hey hey, Laddie O We'll climb that hill And we'll fight the foe The muscled might of Ealdormere Is climbing up the hill with our goods sent here Hey hey, Laddie O We'll climb that hill And we'll fight the foe Heed well the northern red When you see it on th...

There was an old farmer, lived o'er the hill If he aint moved on, he's living there still -fie fie diddle die -fie fie diddl-ie day The devil came to him one day Said, one of your kin, I'm gonna take away -fie fie diddle die -fie fie diddl-ie day singing -fie...

The Greyhound's sinking in the waves, as fast as sea receives her. Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave! And Captain Bryce is on her deck, so we, her hands, may leave her. Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave!...

First was the wolf and the wilds and the will And the rule of the mid-realm king Long was the night when the wolf pack was still in their wait for the gathering spring Soft was the face of the deep-hidden flower that bloomed in the whispering wood Str...

Also that Spring saw the Waters arise And shoulder a Barony's share Jeweled the Cup that was served by the wise Who would counsel the people with care Steadfast the Princes who hailed from the South But brief would that mantle be worn Ruled by the spinning of...

I wandered by the turney side With spring's sweet heat around me My fingers braiding daisy crowns And my eyes shaded from the light. The squire was donning armour And she bade me stand beside her I wondered that a woman Found the strength to face that fight....

Once a fair and handsome Seal Lord Lay his foot upon the sand For to woo the Fisher's daughter And to claim her marriage hand 'I have come in from the ocean I have come in from the sea And I'll not go to the waves, love, Lest ye come along with me.' 'Lord, lo...

The Morrigan dreams old dreams of flight The Morrigan sees with another sight The Morrigan builds with flesh and bone and The Morrigan fills an empty throne The Morrigan fills an empty throne The Morrigan builds with flesh and bone The Morrigan sees wit...

I laugh at those who call me old Who think my age their best defence For often fall the young and bold Who fail to laud experience. My sword and I are much the same: Our actions swift and sure Each scar I wear, each greying hair The life I gave to her. Throug...

In Harold's time the hunt was fine and the birds did sweetly sing Then the bastard came and all the game became the right of the king But English lads saw sport to be had and swift to poaching turned And so in that way have we even today our pleasant supper ea...

King Arthur sails the broken sea, His ship the summer's pride, To scale the walls of Caer Siddi With tested men and tried. I know but one who sails within The ranks of Arthur's men To challenge death at Caer Siddi. The Prydwen sails again. The Prydwen...

A townsman's life is even, like the dust upon the road; Not changing with the seasons — just fortune's fickle load. But sitting on my step and bending hide and thread to task, I saw the first man walking, I saw the first man walking, I saw the first of many wa...

The hall is well crowded, the feast underway To cook and assistants all homage we pay But lest we forget those who serve us this day I ask you to raise up your glass- To those who eat last and who give us the best Let's drink to the few who would serve all t...

King Arthur's knights they filled the table round, Save for one who stood before them. For once without a weapon, For once he stood in shame. The trial's charge was treason, And betrayal of an oath. And should his guilt be proven, Death would fal...

This endris night I saw a sight, A star bright as day; And ever amoung, a maiden sung: "Lullay, by by lullay". This lovely lady sat and sung, And to her child did say: "My son, my brother, father dear, Why liest thou thus in hay?" The child then spake in his...

Sink into your mother's arms The womb that gave you birth Let her take your secrets back and lay them in the earth Let her take you in her arms Let her take you home Let her take you home Let her take you home Leave to her the gifts she gave of flesh and breat...

All the leaves were turning brown as we marched through Tennessee Herding men like Moses did into the dusty sea And though they cried to Jesus still we did as we was told Mother Mercy looked away and the sky was thick with crows They say there's a difference...

Who knows not the tragedy of Tristan and Isolt? The fair-haired Cornish harper whose hands held steel and string? And Ireland's greatest treasure, borne like Helen 'cross the water While the waves approaching bowed before her beauty? All who've heard the tell...

No one knew from whence he'd come Or all the shadings of his life. He walked in dreams across the land And, waking, flown within the night. Oh, how he enchanted us 'Til summer fled and autumn turned. Oh, how he enchanted us And left us rich with what we'd lea...

My kinsmen and my brother, My shieldmate and my guide. May my arm always defend you, And your honor lift you high. You are true and destined prince And my sword is by your side I will fight for you in glory 'Till I die. When you sit upon the trillum...

A mountain pass, dividing two lands; Two kingdoms were lining for war; The East and the Mid-realm were shield-wall to shield And AEthelmearc stood at the fore. The king of the Mid-realm saw they were few; And sent his own forces to aid; So Ealdormere bold, wi...

The young Madonna Lydia went out to take a stroll Upon the arm of Don Ambruglio, her newly wedded lord. Their serving man was Pyrrhus that day as chance befell And though he was the husband's man he longed to be her man as well. Sweetly said Madonna with a tw...

Veni, veni Emmanuel; Captivum solve Israel, Qui gemit in exilio, Privatus Dei Filio. Refrain Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel, Nascetur pro te, Israel! Veni, veni, O Oriens; Solare nos adveniens, Noctis depelle nebulas, Dirasque noctis tenebras. Refrain Veni, Clavis...

This one's a nobleman, this one's a squire One man will sing in the heavenly choir One will descend into hell's licking fire But to tell which is which would take better than I This one's a father, and this one's a son One man was right and the other was wron...

I'll tell you a tale of when time had no meaning, When legend and history walked hand in hand, When the swords of the mighty had bested the Dragon, But the Elven still walked in the land. White rose: queen of the summer, White rose: queen of the fall, White r...