[Lyric] Voices of Winter/Red and Green (Herdman - Hills - Mangsen)

[VOICES OF WINTER]

Listen to voices of winter
Bright as the snow
Clear as the wind
Warm as the fire within

The longest of nights
The darkest of days
We come singing winter's praise

Walk with the voices of winter
Hear how your tread
Shatters the ground
Stirring no other sound

Yet through the chill
Sweet songs of old
And memories rich as gold

Speak with the voices of winter
Snowy owl’s flight
Mother wolf's cry
Deep as the winter sky
We offer rest
A virgin white nest
Endless and ever blessed

Blessed is the North, Blessed is the South, Blessed is the East, Blessed is the West

[RED AND GREEN]
[Chorus]
Red and green, together be seen
At the dark time of the year
Red and green, together be seen
In a time of dread and fear

Green for the thorn of the holly leaf
That shines in the candlelight
That holds the whole of the evergreen
Glimmers in the light

Red for the berry round the thorn
A drop of blood on snow
That shows us our humanity
The fruit from which we grow

[Chorus]
Red and green, together be seen
At the dark time of the year
Red and green, together be seen
In a time of dread and fear
These rocky fields
Of black and white
Demanding endless toil
The misty sun gives tired light
To raise the sleeping soil

[Chorus]x2
Red and green, together be seen
At the dark time of the year
Red and green, together be seen
In a time of dread and fear

Red and green, together be seen
At the dark time of the year
Red and green, together be seen
In a time of dread and fear