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Blue mountain night, there’s a light now slowly faded
Over greens, roots and rinds, over fruit of Eden’s vine
Over lovers in the folds, over water running ageless
So let our arms be open and our songs to set these hills on fire

Cold wind outside, there’s a supper on the table
And a gleam in your eye as your story still unwinds
And it’s fine, yes its fine, though an oft’ repeated fable
Singin’ let our arms be open and our songs to set these hills on fire

Chorus:
Though the pyre in the fold
Keeps on stirring through the ages
Burning every hard-wrought dream
To cinders in the fire
Still I won’t be inclined
To render my soul faithless
And shelter from the maelstrom in the mire,
No I, I will face the Devil with a lyre

Wind in the pines and the thrushes in the laurels
Sing the wild mountain thyme, grown around the bloomin’ vine,
Sing a song old as the time, old as all that’s gone before us
Singin’ let our arms be open and our songs to set these hills on fire

Tune, rhythm, rhyme, hear the ringing of the chorus
Now it rises like the tide, pressing on in steady time
And your troubles now our mine, brother hold the flame before
And let our arms be open and our songs to set these hills on fire.

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from Songs to Set These Hills on Fire, released April 17, 2014

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Quiet in the Land Kitchener, Ontario

Quiet in the Land weaves together Appalachian, Maritime, and Americana traditions to create original contemporary folk music. Guitarist and mandolinist Dan Root and fiddler Laura Enns blend thoughtful lyrics and warm harmonies with spirited instrumental arrangements to compose songs that celebrate community music-making, everyday spirituality, and lives tied to the land. ... more

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