Loreena Mc Kennitt – Night Ride Across The Caucasus

“Night Ride Across The Caucasus” is a great tune from the album “The book of secrets” by Loreena McKennitt.

Loreena McKennitt Isabel Irene is an author, songwriter, harpist, accordionist and pianist Canada.

The quality of his compositions and his performances gave him international fame.

She finds inspiration for his music in the Celtic legends.

Personnel :

Loreena Mc Kennitt – voice, piano, keyboards, harp, accordion
David Rhodes – guitar
Manu Katché – Battery
Caroline Lavelle – cello
Hugh Marsh – violin
Nigel Eaton – hurdy gurdy
Danny Thompson – acoustic Bass

Lyrics :

Ride on through the night tide on
Ride on through the night tide on

There are visions, there are memories
There are echoes of thundering hooves
There are fires, there is laughter
There’s the sound of a thousand doves

In the velvet of the darkness
By the silhouette of silent trees
They are watching waiting
They are witnessing life’s mysteries

Cascading stars on the slumbering hills
They are dancing as far as the sea
Riding o’er the land, you can feel its gentle hand
Leading on to its destiny

Take me with you on this journey
Where the boundaries of time are now tossed
In cathedrals of the forest
In the words of the tongues now lost

Find the answers, ask the questions
Find the roots of an ancient tree
Take me dancing, take me singing
I’ll ride on till the moon meets the sea