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Ring Out, Solstice Bells Lyrics
Now is the solstice of the year,
winter is the glad song that you hear.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Have the lads up ready in a line.
Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
Join together beneath the mistletoe.
by the holy oak whereon it grows.
Seven druids dance in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.
Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
Praise be to the distant sister sun,
joyful as the silver planets run.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.
Ring out those bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
Ring on, ring out.
Ring on, ring out.
winter is the glad song that you hear.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Have the lads up ready in a line.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
by the holy oak whereon it grows.
Seven druids dance in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
joyful as the silver planets run.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.
Ring out those bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
Ring on, ring out.
Ring on, ring out.
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I believe this songs is about celebrating Christmas in a rural wooded town.
But, hey, I could very well be completely wrong
@internet433 well, the refernece to druids, holy oak, and so on suggests it's meant to be more pagan
@internet433 well, the refernece to druids, holy oak, and so on suggests it's meant to be more pagan
This is one of Tull's most beautiful songs.
Not Christmas.
The Celtic holiday Yule!