Name: Dark Days and Heys/Tampered Twilight
Duration: P00H06M52S
Description: Morris dancers celebrate and dance throughout the wheel of the year, this song is for dancing in the dark at Yule and was written by our friend Andrew Miller who is Squire of Hemlock Morris in Bedford, UK. The tune ‘Tampered Twilight’ was written by Paul one evening in Tampa, Florida when we were on tour in 2016 and just seemed made to fit with this song.

Dark Days and Heys/Tampered Twilight

from Land and Legend by Spiral Dance

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Morris dancers celebrate and dance throughout the wheel of the year, this song is for dancing in the dark at Yule and was written by our friend Andrew Miller who is Squire of Hemlock Morris in Bedford, UK. The tune ‘Tampered Twilight’ was written by Paul one evening in Tampa, Florida when we were on tour in 2016 and just seemed made to fit with this song.

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The days are short and the nights grow long
As tradesmen and ploughboys sing their song
A song of hope not one of fear
A safe home for the coming year

With Holly wreaths and Mistletoe
We welcome the darkness the frost and snow
The icy winds and the starry sky
Tell us Midwinter will soon be nigh

Then out of the shadows with a ringing sound
In circles they spin round and round
With ‘midnight-faces’ behold the sight
As the Morris dance into the night

In watery sunshine ‘mid bare branched trees
We gather firewood so we don’t freeze
As the Yule Log burns so fierce and hot
We thank the Earth for all we’ve got

The deer runs high upon the hill
The ancient woodland is quiet and still
But a spark of light from a candle’s flame
Keeps us safe so that we remain

In a heartbeat, in a sound
In the air and in the ground
Our destinies and where we’re bound
Were man needs hope the dance is found
Like our elders long before
On the heath on the moor
On village green or on the shore
The dance goes on for evermore

We dance in the dark and give thanks once more
For the New Year coming and the one that’s o’er
We dance again upon the Earth
For Life for Death, for Rebirth

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from Land and Legend, released May 31, 2020
A. Piggott / P. Gooding

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Spiral Dance Adelaide, Australia

With a combination of haunting vocals, intoxicating guitar riffs and groovy accordion lines, underpinned with potent bass and dynamic percussion, Spiral Dance presents an eclectic blend of traditional folk-rock with powerful self-penned songs and tunes. Rousing melodies intertwine with tales of Magick, myth and legend - music that will rock your ancestors! ... more

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