Loreena McKinnot's "All Soul's Night": All Soul's Night Loreena McKinnot Bonfires dot the rolling hillside figures dance around & around To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness moving to the pagan sound Somewhere in a hidden memory images flash before my eyes Of fragrant nights and straw bonfires & dancing to the next sunrise chorus: I can see the lights in the distance trembling in the dark cloak of night Candles & lanterns are dancing, dancing; a waltz out on all soul's night Figures of cornstalks bend in the shadows held up tall as the flames leap high The green knight holds the holly bush to mark where the old year passes by chorus: Bonfires dot the rolling hillside figures dance around & around To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness moving to the pagan sound Standing on the bridge that crosses the river that flows out to the sea The night is full of a thousand voices that pass by the bridge & me chorus (x2):
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