I watch the sun dip down on this shortest day The farmer gathers up his lambs as they skip and play The early snow lays thick, spreads across the field It won't be long 'fore the black cloak of night doth shield I am a man who takes heart from the seasons' change I watch the sun dip down on this solstice day I watch the sun dip down on the shortest day The farmer gathers up his lambs as they skip and play I am a man who takes heart from the seasons' change I watch the sun dip down on this solstice day