The Mummer's Dance

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Dm                              C 
When in the springtime of the year 
               Am                            Dm 
When the trees are crowned with leaves 
                                              C 
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew 
       Am                      Dm 
Are dressed in ribbons fair 
                             C 
When owls call the breathless moon 
         Am                  Dm 
In the blue veil of the night 
                             C 
The shadows of the trees appear 
   Am                   Dm 
Amidst the lantern light 

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 Dm                          C 
We've been rambling all the night 
       G                       Dm 
And some time of this day 
                     C 
Now returning back again 
      G                    Dm       Dm / B / C / Dm (2x) 
We bring a garland gay 

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Dm                                  C 
Who will go down to those shady groves 
       Am                           Dm 
And summon the shadows there 
                                     C 
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms 
         Am                    Dm 
In the springtime of the year 
                                        C 
The songs of birds seem to fill the wood 
       Am                   Dm 
That when the fiddler plays 
                      C 
All their voices can be heard 
         Am                        Dm 
Long past their woodland days 

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 Dm                          C 
We've been rambling all the night 
       G                       Dm 
And some time of this day 
                     C 
Now returning back again 
      G                    Dm       Dm / B / C / Dm (2x) 
We bring a garland gay

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       Dm                       C 
And so they linked their hands and danced 
               Am              Dm 
Round in circles and in rows 
                                     C 
And so the journey of the night descends 
          Am                      Dm 
When all the shades are gone 
                            C 
"A garland gay we bring you here 
       Am                  Dm 
And at your door we stand 
                         C 
It is a sprout well budded out 
       Am                     Dm 
The work of Our Lord's hand" 

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 Dm                          C 
We've been rambling all the night 
       G                       Dm 
And some time of this day 
                     C 
Now returning back again 
      G                    Dm       Dm / B / C / Dm (2x) 
We bring a garland gay 

(2x)