Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CMOM (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian musician, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined and clear dramatic soprano vocals. She has sold more than 14 million records worldwide.
Early life
McKennitt was born in Morden, Manitoba, of Irish and Scottish descent to parents Jack (died 1992) and Irene McKennitt (1931–2011). In 1981, she moved to Stratford, Ontario, where she still resides.
When she was young McKennitt wanted to become a veterinarian; she would later state that music chose her rather than she it. Developing a passion for Celtic music, she learned to play the Celtic harp and began busking at various places, including St. Lawrence Market in Toronto in order to earn money to record her first album.
Loreena McKennitt in a haunting piece from the album "To Drive The Cold Winter Away", accompanied by chosen nature pictures.
The album was recorded in The Church Of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, and, in Ireland, a Benedictine monastery and The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig.
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Lyrics
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All hail to the days that merit more praise
Than all the rest of the year
And welcome the nights that double delights
As well for the poor as the peer!
Good fortune attend each merry man's friend
That doth but the best that he may
Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs
To drive the cold winter away.
Tis ill for a mind to anger inclined
To think of small injuries now
If wrath be to seek, do not lend her your cheek
Nor let her inhabit thy brow
Cross out of thy ...
published: 23 Dec 2007
In Praise of Christmas - Loreena McKennitt
published: 26 Dec 2020
Loreena Mckennitt - In Praise Of Christmas Lyrics
Loreena Mckennitt - In Praise Of Christmas Lyrics
published: 09 Jan 2016
In Praise of Christmas
From Loreena McKennitt's first Christmas album, "To Drive the Cold Winter Away."
published: 13 Apr 2012
In praise Of Christmas Played By Pizzaautomat (A Beautiful Loreena McKennitt Cover & LYRICS)
This song is played here by Pizzaautomat. You can find more of him at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vls9k1Xgcn8
It is an 18th centurieth traditional English Ballad
This is a traditional Christmass song contained in the 1987 album "To drive the cold winter away",by Loreena McKennitt.This album contains various traditional Christmas songs,more or less known and it was recorded in 'The Church Of Our Lady' in Guelph, Ontario and in Ireland,inside a Benedictine monastery and in The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig. Enjoy!
LYRICS:
All hail to the days that merit more praise
Than all the rest of the year
And welcome the nights that double delights
As well for the poor as the peer!
Good fortune attend each merry man's friend
That doth but the best that he may
Forgetting old wrongs wit...
published: 21 Mar 2011
Loreena McKennitt - In Praise Of Christmas 432 Hz
¡GRACIAS a los músicos que han creado e interpretado todas estas maravillas!
¡GRACIAS a la tecnología que nos permite acceder fácilmente a ellas!
¡GRACIAS a Todos por compartir toda esta belleza!
THANKS to the musicians who have created and performed all these wonders!
THANKS to the technology that allows us to easily access them!
THANK YOU ALL for sharing all this beauty!
published: 27 Aug 2023
REMIXED In Praise of Christmas (To Drive the Cold Winter Away) - Loreena McKennitt
Traditional 18th century English carol
Performed and Arranged by Loreena McKennitt
copyright 1987, Quinlan Road
Editors Note: this recording has been altered from the original recording; it has been compressed for optimized web playback, and the instrumental intro/outro has been eliminated.
Loreena McKennitt in a haunting piece from the album "To Drive The Cold Winter Away", accompanied by chosen nature pictures.
The album was recorded in The Ch...
Loreena McKennitt in a haunting piece from the album "To Drive The Cold Winter Away", accompanied by chosen nature pictures.
The album was recorded in The Church Of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, and, in Ireland, a Benedictine monastery and The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig.
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Lyrics
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All hail to the days that merit more praise
Than all the rest of the year
And welcome the nights that double delights
As well for the poor as the peer!
Good fortune attend each merry man's friend
That doth but the best that he may
Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs
To drive the cold winter away.
Tis ill for a mind to anger inclined
To think of small injuries now
If wrath be to seek, do not lend her your cheek
Nor let her inhabit thy brow
Cross out of thy books malevolent looks
Both beauty and youth's decay
And wholly consort with mirth and sport
To drive the cold winter away.
This time of the year is spent in good cheer
And neighbours together do meet
To sit by the fire, with friendly desire
Each other in love to greet
Old grudges forgot are put in the pot
All sorrows aside they lay
The old and the young doth carol this song
To drive the cold winter away.
When Christmas' tide comes in like a bride
With holly and ivy clad
Twelve days in the year much mirth and good cheer
In every household is had
The country guise is then to devise
Some gambols of Christmas play
Whereat the young men do the best that they can
To drive the cold winter away.
Loreena McKennitt in a haunting piece from the album "To Drive The Cold Winter Away", accompanied by chosen nature pictures.
The album was recorded in The Church Of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, and, in Ireland, a Benedictine monastery and The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig.
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Lyrics
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All hail to the days that merit more praise
Than all the rest of the year
And welcome the nights that double delights
As well for the poor as the peer!
Good fortune attend each merry man's friend
That doth but the best that he may
Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs
To drive the cold winter away.
Tis ill for a mind to anger inclined
To think of small injuries now
If wrath be to seek, do not lend her your cheek
Nor let her inhabit thy brow
Cross out of thy books malevolent looks
Both beauty and youth's decay
And wholly consort with mirth and sport
To drive the cold winter away.
This time of the year is spent in good cheer
And neighbours together do meet
To sit by the fire, with friendly desire
Each other in love to greet
Old grudges forgot are put in the pot
All sorrows aside they lay
The old and the young doth carol this song
To drive the cold winter away.
When Christmas' tide comes in like a bride
With holly and ivy clad
Twelve days in the year much mirth and good cheer
In every household is had
The country guise is then to devise
Some gambols of Christmas play
Whereat the young men do the best that they can
To drive the cold winter away.
This song is played here by Pizzaautomat. You can find more of him at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vls9k1Xgcn8
It is an 18th centurieth traditional English ...
This song is played here by Pizzaautomat. You can find more of him at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vls9k1Xgcn8
It is an 18th centurieth traditional English Ballad
This is a traditional Christmass song contained in the 1987 album "To drive the cold winter away",by Loreena McKennitt.This album contains various traditional Christmas songs,more or less known and it was recorded in 'The Church Of Our Lady' in Guelph, Ontario and in Ireland,inside a Benedictine monastery and in The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig. Enjoy!
LYRICS:
All hail to the days that merit more praise
Than all the rest of the year
And welcome the nights that double delights
As well for the poor as the peer!
Good fortune attend each merry man's friend
That doth but the best that he may
Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs
To drive the cold winter away.
T'is ill for a mind to anger inclined
To think of small injuries now
If wrath be to seek, do not lend her your cheek
Nor let her inhabit thy brow
Cross out of thy books malevolent looks
Both beauty and youth's decay
And wholly consort with mirth and sport
To drive the cold winter away.
This time of the year is spent in good cheer
And neighbours together do meet
To sit by the fire, with friendly desire
Each other in love to greet
Old grudges forgot are put in the pot
All sorrows aside they lay
The old and the young doth carol this song
To drive the cold winter away.
When Christmas' tide comes in like a bride
With holly and ivy clad
Twelve days in the year much mirth and good cheer
In every household is had
The country guise is then to devise
Some gambols of Christmas play
Whereat the young men do the best that they can
To drive the cold winter away.
This song is played here by Pizzaautomat. You can find more of him at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vls9k1Xgcn8
It is an 18th centurieth traditional English Ballad
This is a traditional Christmass song contained in the 1987 album "To drive the cold winter away",by Loreena McKennitt.This album contains various traditional Christmas songs,more or less known and it was recorded in 'The Church Of Our Lady' in Guelph, Ontario and in Ireland,inside a Benedictine monastery and in The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig. Enjoy!
LYRICS:
All hail to the days that merit more praise
Than all the rest of the year
And welcome the nights that double delights
As well for the poor as the peer!
Good fortune attend each merry man's friend
That doth but the best that he may
Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs
To drive the cold winter away.
T'is ill for a mind to anger inclined
To think of small injuries now
If wrath be to seek, do not lend her your cheek
Nor let her inhabit thy brow
Cross out of thy books malevolent looks
Both beauty and youth's decay
And wholly consort with mirth and sport
To drive the cold winter away.
This time of the year is spent in good cheer
And neighbours together do meet
To sit by the fire, with friendly desire
Each other in love to greet
Old grudges forgot are put in the pot
All sorrows aside they lay
The old and the young doth carol this song
To drive the cold winter away.
When Christmas' tide comes in like a bride
With holly and ivy clad
Twelve days in the year much mirth and good cheer
In every household is had
The country guise is then to devise
Some gambols of Christmas play
Whereat the young men do the best that they can
To drive the cold winter away.
¡GRACIAS a los músicos que han creado e interpretado todas estas maravillas!
¡GRACIAS a la tecnología que nos permite acceder fácilmente a ellas!
¡GRACIAS a Tod...
¡GRACIAS a los músicos que han creado e interpretado todas estas maravillas!
¡GRACIAS a la tecnología que nos permite acceder fácilmente a ellas!
¡GRACIAS a Todos por compartir toda esta belleza!
THANKS to the musicians who have created and performed all these wonders!
THANKS to the technology that allows us to easily access them!
THANK YOU ALL for sharing all this beauty!
¡GRACIAS a los músicos que han creado e interpretado todas estas maravillas!
¡GRACIAS a la tecnología que nos permite acceder fácilmente a ellas!
¡GRACIAS a Todos por compartir toda esta belleza!
THANKS to the musicians who have created and performed all these wonders!
THANKS to the technology that allows us to easily access them!
THANK YOU ALL for sharing all this beauty!
Traditional 18th century English carol
Performed and Arranged by Loreena McKennitt
copyright 1987, Quinlan Road
Editors Note: this recording has been altered ...
Traditional 18th century English carol
Performed and Arranged by Loreena McKennitt
copyright 1987, Quinlan Road
Editors Note: this recording has been altered from the original recording; it has been compressed for optimized web playback, and the instrumental intro/outro has been eliminated.
Traditional 18th century English carol
Performed and Arranged by Loreena McKennitt
copyright 1987, Quinlan Road
Editors Note: this recording has been altered from the original recording; it has been compressed for optimized web playback, and the instrumental intro/outro has been eliminated.
Loreena McKennitt in a haunting piece from the album "To Drive The Cold Winter Away", accompanied by chosen nature pictures.
The album was recorded in The Church Of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, and, in Ireland, a Benedictine monastery and The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig.
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Lyrics
------
All hail to the days that merit more praise
Than all the rest of the year
And welcome the nights that double delights
As well for the poor as the peer!
Good fortune attend each merry man's friend
That doth but the best that he may
Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs
To drive the cold winter away.
Tis ill for a mind to anger inclined
To think of small injuries now
If wrath be to seek, do not lend her your cheek
Nor let her inhabit thy brow
Cross out of thy books malevolent looks
Both beauty and youth's decay
And wholly consort with mirth and sport
To drive the cold winter away.
This time of the year is spent in good cheer
And neighbours together do meet
To sit by the fire, with friendly desire
Each other in love to greet
Old grudges forgot are put in the pot
All sorrows aside they lay
The old and the young doth carol this song
To drive the cold winter away.
When Christmas' tide comes in like a bride
With holly and ivy clad
Twelve days in the year much mirth and good cheer
In every household is had
The country guise is then to devise
Some gambols of Christmas play
Whereat the young men do the best that they can
To drive the cold winter away.
This song is played here by Pizzaautomat. You can find more of him at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vls9k1Xgcn8
It is an 18th centurieth traditional English Ballad
This is a traditional Christmass song contained in the 1987 album "To drive the cold winter away",by Loreena McKennitt.This album contains various traditional Christmas songs,more or less known and it was recorded in 'The Church Of Our Lady' in Guelph, Ontario and in Ireland,inside a Benedictine monastery and in The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig. Enjoy!
LYRICS:
All hail to the days that merit more praise
Than all the rest of the year
And welcome the nights that double delights
As well for the poor as the peer!
Good fortune attend each merry man's friend
That doth but the best that he may
Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs
To drive the cold winter away.
T'is ill for a mind to anger inclined
To think of small injuries now
If wrath be to seek, do not lend her your cheek
Nor let her inhabit thy brow
Cross out of thy books malevolent looks
Both beauty and youth's decay
And wholly consort with mirth and sport
To drive the cold winter away.
This time of the year is spent in good cheer
And neighbours together do meet
To sit by the fire, with friendly desire
Each other in love to greet
Old grudges forgot are put in the pot
All sorrows aside they lay
The old and the young doth carol this song
To drive the cold winter away.
When Christmas' tide comes in like a bride
With holly and ivy clad
Twelve days in the year much mirth and good cheer
In every household is had
The country guise is then to devise
Some gambols of Christmas play
Whereat the young men do the best that they can
To drive the cold winter away.
¡GRACIAS a los músicos que han creado e interpretado todas estas maravillas!
¡GRACIAS a la tecnología que nos permite acceder fácilmente a ellas!
¡GRACIAS a Todos por compartir toda esta belleza!
THANKS to the musicians who have created and performed all these wonders!
THANKS to the technology that allows us to easily access them!
THANK YOU ALL for sharing all this beauty!
Traditional 18th century English carol
Performed and Arranged by Loreena McKennitt
copyright 1987, Quinlan Road
Editors Note: this recording has been altered from the original recording; it has been compressed for optimized web playback, and the instrumental intro/outro has been eliminated.
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CMOM (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian musician, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined and clear dramatic soprano vocals. She has sold more than 14 million records worldwide.
Early life
McKennitt was born in Morden, Manitoba, of Irish and Scottish descent to parents Jack (died 1992) and Irene McKennitt (1931–2011). In 1981, she moved to Stratford, Ontario, where she still resides.
When she was young McKennitt wanted to become a veterinarian; she would later state that music chose her rather than she it. Developing a passion for Celtic music, she learned to play the Celtic harp and began busking at various places, including St. Lawrence Market in Toronto in order to earn money to record her first album.
Traditional English (eighteenth century) All hail to the days that merit more praise Than all the rest of the year, And welcome the nights that double delights As well for the poor as the peer! Good fortune attend each merry man's friend That doth but the best that he may, Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs To drive the cold winter away. Tis ill for a mind to anger inclined to think of small injuries now, If wrath be to seek, do not lend her your cheek Nor let her inhabit thy brow. Cross out of thy books malevolent looks Both beauty and youth's decay, And wholly consort with mirth and sport To drive the cold winter away. This time of the year is spent in good cheer, and neighbours together do meet, to sit by the fire, with friendly desire, Each other in love to greet. Old grudges forgot are put in the pot, All sorrows aside they lay; The old and the young doth carol this song, to drive the cold winter away. When Christmas's tide comes in like a bride, With holly and ivy clad, Twelve days in the year much mirth and good cheer In every household is had. The country guise is then to devise Some gambols of Christmas play, Whereat the young men do best that they can