Midsummer Night's Happening Lyrics - Oldfield Sally

Oldfield 

Sunlight falling bright over the village garden walls 

Moonlight showers gold where living water falls 

People walk in splendour under trees hung in starlight 

Candlelight lawns sweep down to the river that ripples on pebbles of turquoise 

Fountains of golden light burst in quavers that float among the stars 

The tables are laid with fruits of the wine and cedar from Samarkand 

The golden gates are open wide for the people all over the land 

A thousand dancing chandeliers shine in my lady's chamber 

My lord comes swaying through the hall with a goblet of shining amber 

Then nectar and brandy, wine and mead come flowing from shimmering springs 

They all menuet to a string quartet and the Marquis's daughter shall sing 

Gentle maidens walking in the garden 

While they'r courted by the knights from the palace of love 

They are all dressed in white with flowers of palest colour 

They are all singing songs to the yellow moon above 

Come to the Ball my love, sip sweet ambrosia 

Tip in the forest Titania my love 

Would you like brandy wine? Shall we go now and dine? 

We'll do the merry minuet till the yellow moon has set 

We shall dance through the midsummer night 

Come my pretty Oberon trip, trip, trip 

Come and sing a summer song trip, trip 

I know a bank where cowslips trip 

Whereon the wild thyme sits trip, trip 

Dance in the midsummer night 

Come my pretty puck and squeeze this magic flower 

In the eyes of lovers in the midnight hour 

This a flower of wonder is a magic seed 

When they shall awake lay heaven at their feet 

Would you like brandy wine? 

Shall we go now and dine? 

We'll do the merry minuet till the yellow moon has set 

We shall dance through the midsummer night