Moon Cradle Lyrics - Loreena Mckennitt

When the moon-cradle's rocking and rocking 

Where a cloud and a cloud go by 

Silently rocking and rocking 

The moon-cradle out in the sky. 

Then comes the lad with the hazel 

And the folding star's in the rack 

'Night's a good herd' to the cattle, 

He sings, 'She brings all things back.' 

But the bond woman down by the boorie 

Sings with a heart grown wild 

How a hundred rivers are flowing 

Between herself and her child. 

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'The geese, even they trudge homeward 

That have their wings and the waste, 

Let your thoughts be on Night the Herder, 

And be quiet for a space.' 

The moon-cradle's rocking and rocking, 

Where a cloud and a cloud go by, 

Silent rocking and rocking 

The moon-cradle out in the sky. 

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The snipe they are crying and crying 

Liadine, liadine, liadine 

Where no track's on the bog they are flying: 

A lonely dream will be mine!