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Weep For Winter

by John Calvin | March 2nd, 2009

UPDATE: I was going to post this as a tongue-in-cheek mourn­ing of the inevitable (or so I thought) loss of a pos­si­ble snow day today, but I was hap­pily proved wrong–we got a two-hour delay! That said, the song is still worth know­ing, so I’m post­ing this anyway…

A beau­ti­ful Celtic Christian song I heard recently on the excel­lent Celtic Christian Tunes web radio sta­tion: Andrew Lobb’s “Weep For Winter” from his Pools of Light CD.

Weep for win­ter when spring comes down
Along the banks and rivers of desire
Sun warmed earth, the snow drops melt
Yellow flamed prim­roses of the fire

Weep for win­ter when frosts are no more
On white laced hills across the land
As dew drops form on spi­ders web
No robins song, nor crows lonely stand

Weep for win­ter as the cuckoo calls
Across for­est sun lights fall
Breathe new life among trees of green
Cold hard hands release us all

CH-Time to grow and leave behind
All our thoughts of years gone by
Say good­bye to win­ters tears, roll on down, Yes roll on down
On rivers banks they leave a sigh
On rivers banks they leave a sigh

You can lis­ten to a short sam­ple here, or to a Youtube video of the com­plete song per­formed live at the Alnwick International Music Festival and posted by the artist here.

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And no, iTunes doesn’t have it–I checked… You can pur­chase the CD direct from him or from the Crossrhythms.co.uk site.

One Response to “Weep For Winter”

  1. Andrew Lobb Says:
    April 29th, 2009 at 11:26 am

    Hello John,

    Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad that you enjoyed the song.

    Best Wishes,

    Andrew Lobb

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