Loreena McKennitt Moon Cradle Music by Loreena McKennitt Lyrics by Padraic Colum, arr。 by Loreena McKennitt When the mooncradles rocking and rocking Where a cloud and a cloud go by Silently rocking and rocking The mooncradles out in the sky。 Then comes the lad with the hazel And the folding stars in the rack Nights a good herd to the cattle, He sings, She brings all things back。 But the bond woman down by the boorie Sings with a heart grown wild How a hundred rivers are flowing Between herself and her child。 The geese, even they trudge homeward That have their wings and the waste, Let your thoughts be on Night the Herder, And be quiet for a space。 The mooncradles rocking and rocking, Where a cloud and a cloud go by, Silently rocking and rocking The mooncradle out in the sky。 The snipe they are crying and crying