Biography:
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM OM (born February 17, 1957 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian musician, composer, harpist, accordionist, and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. She is self-managed, self-produced and head of her own record label - Quinlan Road. In a recording career spanning three decades, McKennitt's “eclectic Celtic” music has won critical acclaim worldwide and gold, platinum and multi-platinum sales awards in fifteen countries across four continents.
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Other songs:
- La Serenissima
- All Souls Night
- Annachie Gordon
- As I Roved Out
- Banks Of Claudy
- Beneath A Phrygian Sky
- Bonny Portmore
- Caravanserai
- Carrickfergus
- Come By The Hills
- Courtyard Lullaby
- Coventry Carol
- Cymbeline
- Dantes Prayer
- Dickens Dublin
- Down By The Sally Gardens
- Emmanuel
- Full Circle
- Greensleeves
- In Praise Of Christmas
- Kellswater
- Let Us The Infant Greet
- Marrakesh Night Market
- Moon Cradle
- My Heart Is Refusing Me
- Never
- Noel Nouvelet
- On A Bright May Morning
- Penelopes Song
- Prosperos Speech
- Raglan Road
- Samain Night
- Seeds Of Love
- Skellig
- Snow
- Standing Stones
- Stolen Child
- Tango To Evora
- The Bonny Swans
- The Dark Night Of The Soul
- The Death Of Queen Jane
- The English Ladye And The Knight
- The Highwayman
- The King
- The Lady Of Shalott
- The Mummers Dance
- The Mystics Dream
- The Old Ways
- The Seasons
- The Seven Rejoices Of Mary
- The Star Of The County Down
- The Two Trees
- Wassailing Song
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[Intro]
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D
Em D Em C Em D Em C
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
In one of these lonely Orkney Isles, there dwelled a maiden fair
Em D C G Am G/B C
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were blue, she had yellow, curling hair
Em D G D Em C
Which caught the eye and then the heart, of one who could never be
Em D C G Am G/B C
A lover of so true a maid or fair a form as she
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
Across the lake in Sandwick dwelled a youth she held most true
Em D C G Am G/B C
And ever since her infancy he had watched these eyes so blue
Em D G D Em C
The land runs out into the sea, it's a narrow neck of land
Em D C G Am G/B C
Where weird and grim the Standing Stones, in a circle where they stand
[Instrumental]
Em D Em C Em D Em C
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
One bonny moonlight Christmas Eve, they met at that sad place
Em D C G Am G/B C
With her heart in glee, the beams of love were shining on her face
Em D G D Em C
When her lover came and he grasped her hand, what loving words they said
Em D C G Am G/B C
They talked of future's happy days as through the stones they strayed
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
They walked toward the lovers' stone and through it passed their hands
Em D C G Am G/B C
They plighted there a constant troth, sealed by love's steadfast bands
Em D G D Em C
He kissed his maid and then he watched her, that lonely bridge go o'er
Em D C G Am G/B C
For little, little did he think, he wouldn't see his darling more
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Gazing out to sea
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Bring my love to me
[Instrumental]
Em D Em C Em D Em C
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
He turned his face toward his home, that home he did never see
Em D C G Am G/B C
And you shall have the story as it was told to me
Em D G D Em C
When a form upon him sprang, with a dagger gleaming bright
Em D C G Am G/B C
It pierced his heart and his dying screams disturbed the silent night
[Instrumental]
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D
Em D Em C
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
The maid had nearly reached her home when she was startled by a cry
Em D C G Am G/B C
She turned to look around her and her love was standing by
Em D G D Em C
His hand was pointing to the stars, his eyes gazed at the light
Em D C G Am G/B C
And with a smiling countenance he vanished from her sight
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
She quickly turned and home she ran, not a word of this was said
Em D C G Am G/B C
For well she knew at seeing his form that her faithful love was dead
Em D G D Em C
And from that day she pined away, not a smile seen on her face
Em D C G Am G/B C
With outstretched arms she went to meet him, in a brighter place
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Gazing out to sea
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Bring my love to me
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Gazing out to sea
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Bring my love to me
[Outro]
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D
Em D Em C Em D Em C
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
In one of these lonely Orkney Isles, there dwelled a maiden fair
Em D C G Am G/B C
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were blue, she had yellow, curling hair
Em D G D Em C
Which caught the eye and then the heart, of one who could never be
Em D C G Am G/B C
A lover of so true a maid or fair a form as she
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
Across the lake in Sandwick dwelled a youth she held most true
Em D C G Am G/B C
And ever since her infancy he had watched these eyes so blue
Em D G D Em C
The land runs out into the sea, it's a narrow neck of land
Em D C G Am G/B C
Where weird and grim the Standing Stones, in a circle where they stand
[Instrumental]
Em D Em C Em D Em C
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
One bonny moonlight Christmas Eve, they met at that sad place
Em D C G Am G/B C
With her heart in glee, the beams of love were shining on her face
Em D G D Em C
When her lover came and he grasped her hand, what loving words they said
Em D C G Am G/B C
They talked of future's happy days as through the stones they strayed
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
They walked toward the lovers' stone and through it passed their hands
Em D C G Am G/B C
They plighted there a constant troth, sealed by love's steadfast bands
Em D G D Em C
He kissed his maid and then he watched her, that lonely bridge go o'er
Em D C G Am G/B C
For little, little did he think, he wouldn't see his darling more
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Gazing out to sea
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Bring my love to me
[Instrumental]
Em D Em C Em D Em C
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
He turned his face toward his home, that home he did never see
Em D C G Am G/B C
And you shall have the story as it was told to me
Em D G D Em C
When a form upon him sprang, with a dagger gleaming bright
Em D C G Am G/B C
It pierced his heart and his dying screams disturbed the silent night
[Instrumental]
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D
Em D Em C
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
The maid had nearly reached her home when she was startled by a cry
Em D C G Am G/B C
She turned to look around her and her love was standing by
Em D G D Em C
His hand was pointing to the stars, his eyes gazed at the light
Em D C G Am G/B C
And with a smiling countenance he vanished from her sight
[Verse]
Em D C G Am G/B C
She quickly turned and home she ran, not a word of this was said
Em D C G Am G/B C
For well she knew at seeing his form that her faithful love was dead
Em D G D Em C
And from that day she pined away, not a smile seen on her face
Em D C G Am G/B C
With outstretched arms she went to meet him, in a brighter place
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Gazing out to sea
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Bring my love to me
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Gazing out to sea
Em C D Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
C D
Bring my love to me
[Outro]
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D
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