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O light the candle, John The daylight has almost gone The birds have sung their last The bells call all to mass Sit here by my side For the night is very long There's something I must tell Before I pass along |
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I joined the brotherhood My books were all to me I scribed the words of God And much of history Many a year was I Perched out upon the sea The waves would wash my tears The wind, my memory | |
I joined the brotherhood It's books were all to me I scribed the words of God And much of history 'Twas not my place to lead This life of solitude Until the day there came A boat of the brotherhood |
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I'd hear the ocean breathe Exhale upon the shore I knew the tempest's blood Its wrath I would endure And so the years went by Within my rocky cell With only a mouse or bird My friend; I loved them well | | |
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And so it came to pass I'd come here to Romani And many a year it took Till I arrived here with thee On dusty roads I walked And over mountains high Through rivers running deep Beneath the endless sky | | |
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Beneath these jasmine flowers Amidst these cypress trees I give you now my books And all their mysteries Now take the hourglass And turn it on its head For when the sands are still 'Tis then you'll find me dead | |
Now beneath these jasmine flowers Amidst these cypress trees I give you now my books And all their mysteries Harken, John, my word Let not these keys be lost The secrets lie within The writers of the past |
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O light the candle, John | | |
music and lyrics: Loreena McKennitt
From: The book of secrets (1997).
A live version appears on Live in Paris and
Toronto (1999),
with slightly different lyrics in two stanzas,
given in italics in the right column.
Thanks to Ashli McBee for providing the lyrics of the live version.
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