(This song was written as a part of my 2008 Yule Fic Exchange story of the same title. The story was for Cathleen, who requested a Quest fic set during the Yule that the Fellowship were on the road. Think of the tune as slow and slightly wistful. I have since used it in a couple of other Yule stories.)

TO WAIT FOR SUN'S RETURNING

When night is longest,
When dark is strongest
We set candles burning
To wait for Sun's returning.
To hope and home and hearth we hold,
Shutting out the dreary cold.
At this time when year has turned,
We think of all we've done and learned,
And look unto the coming days.
A song of light and hope we raise:
No night is so long,
No dark is so strong,
To dim the light of Stars above,
Or overcome the might of love.