Imbolc. It seems the coldest time of winter, but the first signs of the spring become visible. Snow drops, the first lambs.
All this can also be seen as The Lady in White, the driving force behind these stirrings of spring, the goddess Brigid.
Lady in White
(Nico, Imbolc 2007)
(Em D C) Capo on 2e fret
(intro) Em Dsus
It is winter, for months already.
The wind blows across the bare fields. Fine crystals of snow hit the windows and form flowers of ice.
It is dark. Dark and cold. Frozen puddles glisten in the moonlight.
Will it ever be spring again? Will the snow drops return? with their message of hope?
Heralding the Lady in White.
Em D C
In the old days, I used to walk! through the fields golden and green with crops
In the old days, the birds sang their freedom into bright blue sky
In the old days, I used to walk! by the stream, the grass damp and moist
In the old days, the sun warmed my heart, brought colour to my days
But now the old days are dark and gone
The earth herself has grown dark and cold
And the old days are sacrificed
And the water has turned to ice
(Chorus)
Lady in white, when will you come back again (2x)
to warm our hearts
to warm our hearths
In the old days, when the harvest was ripe we gathered for our feasts
In the old days, our fires lit! the skies when our bonfire flames leaped
In the old days, we would to thank our gods in our own ways
In the old days, we lived the wheel
But now the old days seem dark and gone
Mother earth herself has grown dark and cold
But in the old days we sacrificed
Before the water had turned to ice
(chorus)
Lady in white, you will come back again (2x)
to warm our hearts
to warm our hearths
Lady Brighid! Lady Brigid!
