The Visit (Loreena McKennitt album)

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The Visit
Studio album by Loreena McKennitt
Released	1991 (Canada)
Genre	Folk, World music
Length	47:53
Label	Quinlan Road
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Loreena McKennitt chronology
Parallel Dreams (1989)	The Visit (1997)	The Mask and Mirror (1994)

The Visit is an album by Loreena McKennitt released in 1991.

[edit] Track listing

1. "All Souls Night" – 5:04
2. "Bonny Portmore" – 3:57
3. "Between the Shadows" – 4:03
4. "The Lady of Shalott" – 11:05
5. "Greensleeves" – 4:15
6. "Tango to Evora" – 4:03
7. "Courtyard Lullaby" – 4:50
8. "The Old Ways" – 5:50
9. "Cymbeline" – 4:48

[edit] Song information

• "Bonny Portmore" is a traditional Celtic folk song about the deforestations of oak forests.
• "The Lady of Shalott" is based on the poem The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
• "Tango to Evora" was used in the National Film Board of Canada documentary The Burning Times.
• "Cymbeline" is taken from a song in the William Shakespeare play Cymbeline.