Follow the Heron-Cathie Ryan

[ti:Follow The Heron] [ar:Cathie Ryan] [al:The Farthest Wave] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Follow the Heron - Cathie Ryan [00:09.20]The back of the winter is broken [00:13.16]And light lingers long by the door [00:17.85]The seeds of the summer have spoken [00:21.75]In gowans that bloom on the shore [00:25.63] [00:26.25]By night and day we'll sport and we'll play [00:30.51]And delight as the dawn dances over the bay [00:35.35]Sleep blows the breath of the morning away [00:41.59]And we follow the heron home [00:46.70] [00:48.33]In darkness we cradled our sorrow [00:52.74]And stoked all our fires with fear [00:56.79]These bones that lie empty and hollow [01:01.46]Are ready for gladness to cheer [01:04.77] [01:05.58]By night and day we'll sport and we'll play [01:09.92]And delight as the dawn dances over the bay [01:14.80] [01:15.61]Sleep blows the breath of the morning away [01:20.76]And we follow the heron home [01:25.10] [02:08.67]Long may you sing of the salmon [02:12.82]And the snow-scented sound of your home [02:17.01]While the north wind delivers its sermon [02:21.54]Of ice and salt water and stone [02:26.14]By night and day we'll sport and we'll play [02:30.57]And delight as the dawn dances over the bay [02:36.26]Sleep blows the breath of the morning away [02:41.57]And we follow the heron home [02:43.03]By night and day we'll sport and we'll play [02:46.88]And delight as the dawn dances over the bay [02:52.62]Sleep blows the breath of the morning away [02:58.39]And we follow the heron home