Merrily Greet the Time features 4- time Scottish harp champion Sue Richards on Celtic harp and Maggie Sansone on hammered dulcimer with special guest musician appearances on tracks 3,9,15,19 that includes Connie McKenna-Irish & English vocals; Karen Ashbrook-Irish flute, hammered dulcimer;Ralph Gordon-cello performing seasonal music from Autumn Equinox to the Celtic New Year ( Samhain), the Winter Solstice, 12 days of Christmas and the New Year from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other lands where Celtic people settled. Through harvest time, to the old Celtic new year called Samhain (now called "Hallowe’en"), the time of the Winter Solstice and the longest nights, and on to the coming promised light of Christmas and the New Year, our ancestors braced for the cold with the warmth that the winter hearth (and a good pint) could bring. Recorded live at the studios of XM Satellite Radio.

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I. HARVEST HOME: THE RIPENING OF THE YEAR 1. Slieve Gallen Braes -1:10 2. Harvest Home - 1:55 3. Abbot's Bromley/Twist Ye,Twine Ye (Song) - 3:04 4. The Ash Grove - 1:24 5. Captain O'Kane/Planxty George Brabazon - 5:14 II. SAMHAIN: THE DAYS GROW DARK 6. Fire in the Hearth - 2:57 7. Cantiga de Santa Maria,No.4 A Madre Do Que Livrou Cantiga de Santa Maria, No.166 Como Poden - 2:46 8. Garten Mother's Lullaby - 2:16 9. Sean Donegal (Irish-Gaelic Song) - 1:53 10. Swallowtail Jig - 2:45 III. ADVENT: WAITING FOR THE LIGHT 11. Christ Child Lullaby - 3:04 12. Rorate (Nativity) - 2:45 13. ll est ne/Ding Dong, Merrily on High- 3:12 14. Balloo, Lammy - 1:51 15. Mist Covered Mountains of Home - 2:50 16. Bressay Lullaby/Don Oiche - 2:27 IV. THE TWELVE DAYS 17. Drive the Cold Winter Away - 1:21 18. Drunk at Night, Dry in the Morning - 2:45 19. Song of Wandering Aengus (Song)- 3:00 20. Simple Gifts/Jingle Bells - 3:25 21. Greensleeves (What Child is This?) - 2:30 22. Christchurch Bells/Bottom of the Punch Bowl - 2:39

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