"Nollaig Na mBan" lyrics

A Christmas ribbon laced in her hair
Like a willow veiled in white
She slipped away to meet her love
One cold mid-winter night
Her footfall soft as the breath of morn
And stars before the dawn
Pale as her ribbon that flew away
On the night of Nollaig na mBan

Winter's daughter
She is the singing wind
Turning the wheel of time
Winter's daughter
With her tender song
Warms the cold on the night
Of Nollaig na mBan

Winter did not see her passing
But heard her voice so sweet and fair
They combed the corners of the season
And say, she became the air
They say the blackbirds cried
And the sky felt her gone
Mother says she sensed her parting sigh
The night of Nollaig na mBan

Winter's daughter
She is the singing wind
Turning the wheel of time
Winter's daughter
With her tender song
Warms the cold on the night
Of Nollaig na mBan

The children say they sing with her
Humming carols on the green
Father says he saw her once
Sowing early blooms of spring
In the quiet Wicklow hollow
She moves through the glen
With the blue moonlight upon the snow
On the night of Nollaig na mBan

Her love, he waited there
His heart, softly drawn
Her love laced against his chest
On the icy lawn
He waited there, where all lovers go
On the night of Nollaig na mBan

Winter's daughter
She is the singing wind
Turning the wheel of time
Winter's daughter
With her gentle song
Warms the snow with her tender sound
On the night of Nollaig na mBan
On the night of Nollaig na mBan