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    WHEN WINTER CALLS (2005)
    Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly are again full of surprises in their ninth CD as they explore traditional American and Celtic folk music with a winter holiday theme. Recorded live in December 2004 at the Blackstone River Theatre in Cumberland, RI, this beautifully recorded concert is filled with deeply rooted songs of winter, travel, longing, worship, rest, light, and celebration. Gorgeous, seasoned voices blend with skillful instrumentation on mountain dulcimer, old-time banjo, guitar, harmonica, tin whistle, feet, limberjacks, and spoons.
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Winter Solstice
by Steve Bardsley

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Winter solstice, shortest day
Sun you have gone so far away
Your face you hide in clouds of gray
And weakly do you burn
On these the longest nights of year
The cold we dread, the darkness fear
Now back into our hemisphere, we wait for your return

Chorus:
Oh, winter solstice, shortest day
Attend to what we humbly pray
On this the season's longest night
Bring us back to summer's light

Winter snows may glisten white
But cannot keep us warm at night
It is for you aglow so bright
We open up our hearts

Light the candle, beat the drum
So joyous all, ecstatic some
That you've begun your journey from
Our southern counterparts...Chorus

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From this moment on we see
Your glowing brilliant energy
Amazed at how you give so free
And not one second late

Let our daylight hours grow long
Our bodies warm, our spirits strong
Winter solstice hear our song
It's you we celebrate...Chorus 2X

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from When Winter Calls 2005, released May 9, 2005
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, tin whistle
Elwood Donnelly: vocals, guitar

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Atwater-Donnelly Warren, Rhode Island

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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