The Mummer's Dance

Intro

Dm  F  C  Dm  Bb  C  Dm
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
 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  C  Bb  C  Dm
We bring a garland gay
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
 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  C  Bb  C  Dm
We bring a garland gay
       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"
 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  C  Bb  C  Dm
We bring a garland gay