The Middle Kingdom-Cruachan

[ti:The Middle Kingdom] [ar:Cruachan] [al:The Middle Kingdom] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Middle Kingdom - Cruachan [00:08.79]We who are old yet fair of face [00:10.83]Thousands of years this world did grace [00:12.95]Beneath the earth away from men [00:14.98]Our Middle Kingdom it lies hidden [00:17.31] [00:25.70]With sword in hand and our shields by our sides [00:28.08]We march in hoards we will never subside [00:29.98]Our D Danann form has passed with time [00:32.11]But still we love music and still we love wine [00:34.40] [00:42.88]We are of the forest we are of the earth [00:45.12]Our heads full of knowledge our ways full of mirth [00:47.05]We know all the answers to questions unasked [00:49.20]We live in the light with no fear of the dark [00:51.47]It must be said we have dark evil breeds [00:53.59]Who plague mankind with their mischievous deeds [00:55.64]The Phooka the Merrow the wailing Bean-shee [00:57.93]Are hideous creatures as dark as can be [01:00.15] [01:17.13]Avoid the lone thorn tree that grows in the field [01:19.34]Do not cut it down with the axe that you wield [01:21.47]It coarses magic from branch to root [01:23.56]And woe to he who eats its fruit [01:25.81]Of itself the tree did grow [01:27.86]From faerie magic cast long ago [01:30.11]Therefore we bid you to let it stand [01:32.30]Ill fortune to those who ignore our command [01:34.38] [01:51.70]We who are old [01:53.67]We are revered born of the earth [01:57.93]Immortal and feared [02:00.08] [03:42.32]In the dead of night see us dance on the hills [03:44.62]On fiddles and flutes we play jigs and reels [03:46.74]The sky is ablaze with a myriad of light [03:48.73]Our faerie music is heard through the night [03:51.10]We who are old yet fair of face [03:53.22]Thousands of years this world did grace [03:55.24]But modern man and his cynical ways [03:57.29]Are bringing us to the end of our days