The back o' the winter is broken And light lingers long by the door The seeds of the summer have spoken In gowans that bloom on the shore By night and day we will sport and we'll play And delight as the dawn dances over the bay Sleep blows the breath of the morning away And we follow the heron home (Instrumental) In darkness we cradled our sorrow And stoked all our fires with fear But these bones that lie empty and hollow Are ready for gladness to cheer By night and day we will sport and we'll play And delight as the dawn dances over the bay Sleep blows the breath of the morning away And we follow the heron home (Instrumental) Long may you sing of the salmon Or the snow scented sounds of your home While the north wind delivers its sermon Of ice and saltwater and stone By night and day we will sport and we'll play And delight as the dawn dances over the bay Sleep blows the breath of the morning away And we follow the heron home By night and day we will sport and we'll play And delight as the dawn dances over the bay Sleep blows the breath of the morning away And we follow the heron home