Now is the solstice of the year
Winter is the glad song that you hear
Seven maids move in seven time
Have the lads up ready in a line
Ring out these bells
Ring out, ring solstice bells
Ring solstice bells
Join together ‘neath the mistletoe
By the holy oak whereon it grows
Seven druids dance in seven time
Sing the song the bells call loudly chiming
Ring out these bells
Ring out, ring solstice bells
Ring solstice bells
Praise be to the distant sister sun
Joyful as the silver planets run
Seven maids move in seven time
Sing the song the bells call loudly chiming
Ring out these bells
Ring out, ring solstice bells
Ring solstice bells
Ring out, ring out those solstice bells
Ring out, ring out those solstice bells
Praise be to the distant sister sun
Joyful as the silver planets run
Seven maids move in seven time
Sing the song the bells call loudly chiming
Ring out these bells
Ring out, ring solstice bells
Ring solstice bells
Ring on, ring out
Ring on, ring out
Ring on, ring out
Ring on, ring out
Songwriter: Ian Anderson
Tao Talk 
so nice! Happy solstice Li! xoxo
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Thanks much, Carol Anne!
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Powerful and punchy song!
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It sounds better with every listen.
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Great! Happy solstice to you😁
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Thanks, Jay!
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How nice.
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Thank you :)
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nice song!
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Glad you like it, Christine :)
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By this time I wasn’t really listening to Jethro Tull. I’ll have to go and listen to stuff from this era now. I always liked the English folk-rock sound of folks like Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention along with the earlier dabbling of Traffic and Jethro Tull.
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Thanks Lisa… I’m learning… “haiku poems and visual images” I had no clue what a haiga was…
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Happy to oblige, if not explain ;)
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So fitting (and I do love me some Tull)
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I think you know what a huge fan I am of their music. I’m not surprised you are also <3
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I had no doubt :) Have a merry holiday season Lisa.
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I’d forgotten about that Jethro Tull Christmas song
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When I did an A to Z April feature with a Jethro Tull Song a day for April, I learned they did a Christmas album. I don’t have the album — yet! But I will one day :)
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So beautiful, Lisa. The song lyrics are perfect to join in on your haiga.
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Happy you like, Dale :)
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Indeed!
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