Mary Chapin Carpenter’s Longest Night of the Year is my favorite solstice song. John Norvell pubished the video on You Tube in on December 19, 2012. The song is from her 2008 album “Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Days of Christmas.”
“The Longest Night Of The Year”
No one knows exactly when.
Still the sun’s a long lost friend
On the longest night of the year.
We stare into the firelight
While December beats outside
Where the darkest hearts reside
On the longest night of the year
So keep me safe and hold me tight
Let the candle burn all night
Tomorrow welcome back the night
It was longest night of the year
I used to think the world was small
Bright and shining like a ball
Seems I don’t know much at all
On the longest night of the year
We press our faces to the glass
And see our little lives go past
Wave to shadows that we cast
On the longest night of the year
So keep me safe and hold me tight,
Let the candle burn all night,
Tomorrow welcome back the light.
‘Twas the longest night of the year
Make a vow when Solstice comes:
To find the Light in everyone
Keep the faith and bang the drum
On the longest night of the year
So keep me safe and hold me tight,
Let the candle burn all night,
Tomorrow welcome back the light.
‘Twas the longest night of the year
So keep me safe and hold me tight,
Let the candle burn all night,
Tomorrow welcome back the light.
After the longest night of the year

A Happy Solstice to you too – I hadn’t heard this song so thanks for introducing it to me.
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I hope you like it and the one that follows it. Mary Chapin Carpenter is one of my favorite singer/songwriters. She does folk/rock/country–but I think it’s more folk than anything else.
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That’s very nice. It seems to me that there’s a bit more contemplation around this year generally. Happy holidays and keep up the good blogging work.
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Roy, thanks for your kind wishes. Wishing you the same for a productive and rewarding 2018. Pat
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Reblogged this on e-Quips and commented:
I wanted to share this blog from 2017. It still holds true for me.
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Fine song by a fine singer/ Thank you, Pat.
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Thanks, Don. I have always liked her. 😉
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Totally adorable. Are you the penguin master?
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This is beautiful!
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