The Wicker Man (1973) Wikia
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Listed as Lullaby in the songbook.

Descending Nordic lyre notes , played by Gary Carpenter, as Howie is marked, women's voices join in, "sleep close and fast" at end. Cinefantastique: the 'burning' music, also used over the anointing scenes, prominently uses the Celtic harp" (Should be Nordic lyre. - GC) (The burning music?)

Sleep close and fast at the end is a reference to the last line of Mirie It Is, in modern English; "And I, most unjustly Sorrow and mourn and fast."

Music and lyrics by Paul Giovanni.

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