LO R E E N A M C K E N N I T T
SHEET MUSIC PIANO ♦ VOCAL
The Mummers’ Dance From From the Quinlan Road CD “The Book Of Secrets”
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Mummers" Dance Words and Music by Loreena McKenni #
D
(no3)
F
(no3)
C
5fr.
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D
(no3)
3fr.
5fr.
Voice
Piano
B
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C
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D
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3fr.
D
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F
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5fr.
Ah
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5fr.
C
(no3) 3fr.
D
(no3) 5fr.
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B
(no3)
C
(no3)
G
(no3)
3fr.
3fr.
When
D
(no3)
C
(no3)
5fr.
in
D
the
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G
(no3)
3fr.
s pring
-
time
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of
C
and oak,
the year
3fr.
When
the
(no3)
5fr.
ash
A
trees
A
are
crowned with leaves
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D
3fr.
and the
birch
and yew
When the
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Are
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dressed
in
rib - bons
fair
When
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D
(no3)
C
(no3)
5fr.
owls
D
call
the
G
(no3) 3fr.
breath - less
C
moon
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5fr.
In
the
blue
veil
of
the night
(no3)
A
D
The
(no3)
3fr.
sha - dows of
the
trees
(no3)
C
5fr.
ap - pear
A - midst
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5fr.
We've
(no3)
3fr.
(no3)
D
A
the
G
sus4
lan - tern
light
G
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D
(no3)
3fr.
been ram
-
bling
all
5fr.
the night
And
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some
time
of
this
day
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D
(no3)
C
(no3)
5fr.
Now
C
G
sus4
G
D
(no3)
re - turn
-
ing
back
5fr.
a - gain
B
We
C
D
a
gar - land
gay
5fr.
(no3)
C
5fr.
will go down
bring
(no3)
3fr.
Who
G
G
3fr.
(no3)
D
sus4
to those
(no3)
A
3fr.
sha - dy groves
And
-4-
(no3)
sum - mon
G
the
sha
-
dows
there
(no3) 3fr.
And
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D
(no3)
C
(no3)
5fr.
tie
D
rib
-
bon
on those
(no3)
C
(no3)
of
In
the
(no3)
A
spring - time
of
the
year
(no3)
The
G
(no3)
3fr.
the birds
seem to
(no3)
their voi
fill
C
5fr.
All
D
5fr.
shel - tering arms
5fr.
D
(no3)
3fr.
a
songs
A
-
ces
3fr.
the wood
That
(no3)
can
A
3fr.
be heard
Long
when
fid - dler
plays
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past
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the
D
their wood - land
days
(no3) 5fr.
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D
(no3)
C
(no3)
5fr.
We've
D
-
bling
(no3)
all
C
(no3)
G
D
(no3) 5fr.
the night
And
(no3)
5fr.
C
sus4
3fr.
been ram
now re
G
some
G
sus4
time
of
G
G
this
sus4
G
day
D
(no3)
3fr.
-
turn
-
ing
back
B
And
5fr.
a - gain
We
C
D
3fr.
bring
a
gar
-
land
gay
(no3) 5fr.
Ah
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C
(no3)
B
C
D
3fr.
(no3) 5fr.
Ah
D
B
(no3) 5fr.
(no3)
F
C
(no3)
(no3)
C
D
3fr.
(no3) 3fr.
D
(no3) 5fr.
(no3) 5fr.
And
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D
(no3)
C
(no3)
5fr.
so
D
they
linked
their
hands
C
and
G
(no3)
the jour
danced
Round
A
in
cir - cles
and in
rows
(no3)
And
D
(no3)
3fr.
-
ney of
(no3)
the
night
C
des - cends
5fr.
When
(no3)
5fr.
gar - land gay
3fr.
(no3)
5fr.
D
(no3)
3fr.
(no3)
so
A
A
all
the
shades
are
gone
(no3)
G
3fr.
we
bring
you here
"A
(no3) 3fr.
And
-8-
at
your
door
we
stand
It
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D
(no3)
C
(no3)
5fr.
is
well bud
-
(no3)
C
We've
The
work
(no3)
of
G
Our Lord's
sus4
hand"
G
D
(no3)
3fr.
been ram
-
bling
(no3)
all
C
5fr.
the night
And
(no3)
5fr.
now re
(no3)
D
5fr.
ded out
5fr.
D
(no3)
3fr.
a sprout
D
A
some
G
sus4
time
G
of
G
this
sus4
G
day
D
(no3)
3fr.
-
turn
-
ing
back
5fr.
a - gain
We
-9-
bring
a
gar
-
land
gay
And
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C
C
(no3) 3fr.
D
(no3)
(no3)
5fr.
D
3fr.
(no3) 5fr.
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