Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Skellig, artist - Loreena McKennitt.
Date of issue: 06.03.1997
Song language: English
Skellig |
O light the candle, John |
The daylight has almost gone |
The birds have sung their last |
The bells call all to mass |
Sit here by my side |
For the night is very long |
There’s something I must tell |
Before I pass along |
I joined the brotherhood My books were all to me |
I scribed the words of God |
And much of history |
Many a year was I |
Perched out upon the sea |
The waves would wash my tears, |
The wind, my memory |
I’d hear the ocean breathe |
Exhale upon the shore |
I knew the tempest’s blood |
Its wrath I would endure |
And so the years went by |
Within my rocky cell |
With only a mouse or bird |
My friend; |
I loved them well |
And so it came to pass |