Ring Out, Solstice Bells

Album: Songs from the Wood (1977)
Charted: 28
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  • Now is the solstice of the year
    Winter is the glad song that you hear
    Seven maids move in seven time
    Have the lads up ready in a line

    Ring out these bells
    Ring out, ring solstice bells
    Ring solstice bells

    Join together 'neath the mistletoe,
    By the holy oak whereon it grows
    Seven druids dance in seven time
    Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming

    Ring out these bells
    Ring out, ring solstice bells
    Ring solstice bells

    Ring out, ring out the solstice bells
    Ring out, ring out the solstice bells

    Praise be to the distant sister sun,
    Joyful as the silver planets run
    Seven maids move in seven time
    Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming

    Ring out these bells
    Ring out, ring solstice bells
    Ring solstice bells
    Ring on, ring out
    Ring on, ring out
    Ring on, ring out
    Ring on, ring out Writer/s: IAN ANDERSON
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Phrog from CaliforniaA pop tune in seven time?
  • Twinfinity Musician from Twin Cities One of my absolute favorites
    Love Ian Anderson
    very cool well written song
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandThis was he lead track of a four-song EP which reached #30 in the UK.
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