E

[Verse]
    A                        D
The back of the winter is broken
                  E           A
And light lingers long by the door
                                D
The seeds of the summer have spoken
               E            A
In gowans that bloom on the shore

[Chorus]
   E                   A               D
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
      A                                 E
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
                              A        D
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
       E          A     D
And we follow the heron home

[Verse]
   A                          D
In darkness we cradled our sorrow
                   E          A
And stoked all our fires with fear
                                  D
These bones that lie empty and hollow
              E           A
Are ready for gladness to cheer

[Chorus]
   E                   A               D
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
      A                                 E
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
                              A        Bm
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
       E          A     D
And we follow the heron home

[Verse]
A                           D
Long may you sing of the salmon
                     E             A
And the snow-scented sound of your home
                                     D
While the north wind delivers its sermon
                E         A
Of ice and salt water and stone

[Chorus]
   E                   A               D
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
      A                                 E
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
                              A        D
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
       E
And we follow

[Chorus]
                       A               D
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
      A                                 E
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
                              A        D
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
       E          A     D
And we follow the heron home