The Mummer’s Dance描写的是春季的一个夜晚，婆娑的树叶衬托蓝色的天空，随风而摆的树枝条，好像是一群人在默默地不停地舞蹈。最先吸引我的是风笛，隐约的，延绵在背景里，好象是从记忆里缓缓而来的风。而鼓声接踵而至，各种各样的鼓被统一成一个印象，不徐不缓，不紧不慢，却永不停息，推着人跟随它前进舞蹈。整首曲子由这两种乐器形成主要旋律，而偶尔出现的小提琴与吉它，好象是突然跳出人群中的独舞，又象是灵机一动错出的一个花步。而Loreena的吟唱，把它们织成一个网，将聆听者着笼罩。
The Mummers’ Dance 的歌词灵感来自于Loreena 自己1985年的一段读书笔记。歌曲中大量运用了风笛、手鼓、小提琴、竖琴等乐器，为歌曲增色不少，可是该首歌曲又不太像传统的Celtic 风格，或许这也正是她的魅力所在吧。

穿着红舞鞋，这舞蹈永不能停下，在所有的白日与黑夜，从每一个春天与秋天，自过去到今天到明日。黄色的酢浆草花在荒野上沸腾，风笛穿行，鼓声从未停息，这节奏没有止境。在游吟诗人缓长的吟唱中，长发飞扬，舞步滑移，前一步，后一步，命运从脚下延伸。啊，谁能解释这神圣与荒唐的距离，赞美与呻吟里，火光扑朔迷离，目光起伏于尘埃之间，随着天地之声飞旋，掠过了地狱的火焰，触摸到天堂的羽翼。月神同日神交替乾坤，新发
的绿叶还未从眼中凋落，白雪便覆盖了眉目，生同死，足尖踩乱了所有谜面与答案。从平原到高山，从沼泽到荒漠，穿越黑暗，穿越光明，仿佛逃离，仿佛沉溺，金丝缎带装饰着岁月，青春在裙袂上流淌，原来，还是从终点踏回原点。瞬间与永恒，摇摆里，拾取时光之河的波浪，缀上花冠，上一支舞与这一舞间，能否听到花朵开落的声音？永不能停止，这是唯一的武器，灵魂只为舞蹈存在。这是艺者之舞，这是你，这是我，这是命运之舞。或者兴致盎然，或者意兴阑珊

曲目：The Mummers' Dance
专辑：The Book of Secrets
演唱：Loreena McKennitt
作词：Loreena McKennitt
作曲：Loreena McKennitt
编曲：Loreena McKennitt

When in the springtime of the year
When the trees are crowned with leaves
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair

When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay

Who will go down to those shady groves
And summon the shadows there
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
In the springtime of the year

The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay

And so they linked their hands and danced
Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone

"A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of our Lord's hand"

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay


THE MUMMERS' DANCE 
Loreena McKennitt 

D,F,C,D,B,C,D

(dm)When in the springtime (C)of the year
(a)When the trees are crowned with (d)leaves
(d)When the ash and oak, and the (C)birch and yew
Are (a)dressed in ribbons (d)fair


When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light 

(d)We've been rambling (C)all the night
And (G)some time of this (d)day
(D)Now returning (C)back again
we (G)bring A garland (D)gay .........dBCa(2x)

Who will go down to those shady groves
And summon the shadows there
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
In the springtime of the year 

The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days 

We've rambling....

And so they linked their hands and danced
Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone 

"A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of Our Lord's hand" 

We've rambling.....