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The Mabon
06:36
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I am the Mabon: I am the child
I am Yr: the golden bough
I am the dart: the yew lets fly
Three pure rays: the pillars of life
I am the wren: the king of birds
I am Bard: and teller of lies
I am a song: within the heart
I am a light: that will never die
I am stars: within the void
I am the Eye of the Aeon
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2. |
Cernunnos
02:37
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Cernunnos, horned one
Cernunnos, king of the sun
Herne the hunted and hunter
Stag god of the earth
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3. |
Ancient Ones
05:27
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Rain comes falling down
Rain comes falling down
Trees reach for the sky
Leaves grow on the trees
Breeze shakes the leaves
Seeds in the air
Rain falling down
Song of the breeze - O Ancient Ones
Where the waters meet
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4. |
Dreamtime
04:28
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Dreamtime, dreamtime
Wake up to the dreamtime
With your feet on the ground
And your head in the stars
Dance your dream awake
Dream your dance awake
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5. |
The Falcon
02:58
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He bare him up, he bare him down
Lulley, lulley, lulley, lulley
He bare him to an orchard brown
The falcon hath borne my make away
Down in yon forest there stands a hall
It's covered all over with purple and pall
In that hall there stands a bed
It's covered all over with gold so red
In that bed there lieth a knight
His wounds did bleed both day and night
Under that bed there runs a flood
The one half runs water, the other runs blood
By that bedside there kneeleth a may
And she weepeth both night and day
Upon the bedpost the moon shines bright
To bring in the honey-dew this very night
And by the bedside there standeth a stone
The ancient mysteries written thereon
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6. |
The Glen
02:56
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Walking through the glen I saw a grey stone
On it read a name I used to know
But I couldn't place it to a face I knew
She had left me so long ago
Why did she die? She died of a broken heart
Long ago
Memories flooding back over the years
Wasn't my crazy mind hiding my fears
Why is it now I cannot shed those tears?
She died of a broken heart long ago
And on her grave there grew white flowers
Thinking about it I stood there for hours
The flowers were the kind she used to love
But she hadn't seen them long ago
I can remember from long ago
Woe, woe
She used to love those snowy white petals
Long ago
The snow that had fallen during the night
Lay right across the path making it white
But from her grave it had taken to flight
Her grave gave off a glow
Thinking about it she gave off a glow
Woe, woe
And all around her was summer's show
But she hadn't seen it long ago
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7. |
Samhain
02:16
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The king of the waning year
Sails over a sunless sea
The goddess draws him to her
As he enters the mystery
She wraps her cloak around him
And offers him her craft
She says do not be fearful
as you go into the dark
For I will make you Lord of the Dance of Shadows
King in the Realm of Dreams
You shall be my lover
And I will be your queen
She whose name cannot be spoken
Goddess of the land
She whose promise is never broken
Offers him her hand and says
Step ashore, on the Shining Isle
And we will dream the world to be
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8. |
Patapan
05:28
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Mhaire bring your rounded drum
With your long flute Robin come
When we hear them play as one
Turelurelu, Patapatapan
When we hear them play as one
Then the year will be well begun
Thus the men of olden days
Loved the uprising sun to praise
Now we hear both flute and drum
Surely we too must do the same!
Sun and moon have now become
More at one than flute and drum
When we hear them play as one
Together let us come!
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9. |
Ailshe Bán
01:56
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Ailshe Bán, Ailshe Bán
Give way to the milking
The holy St Brigid is milking, milking
The self same even, the white kye in heaven
Sure my eyes scan the green place she is in
Ailshe Bán, Ailshe Bán
And her hand is so soft and her crooning so sweet
As my milking is soft upon thee
Ailshe Bán, Ailshe Bán
So soft is my hand and my crooning so sweet
Ailshe Bán
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10. |
Dance of the Moon Queen
02:47
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Moonlight on Silver Tree
Shimmering gossamer breeze
Queen of seven starred crown
With your musical sound
Mortal hearts are bound
Forever unto thee
Queen of the star blazed wheel
I'll dance your Moon Queen's reel
Till I gently fall to earth
And my heart will be bound
With the heavenly sound
That my love shall offer to thee
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11. |
Round and Around
02:32
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Round and around it goes O!
Round and around it goes
The Earth spins in a midnight sky
And the night time follows the day
She spins in a wheel around the sun
And together they hark and say
The moon moves through the star filled skies
From dark to crescent to full
Thirteen times in the circle of the sun
To grant your every boon
The oak tree blooms and gives forth leaves
A greeting to the sun
Seeds ripen with the turning leaves
And fall down to the ground
The sun moves through the ancient signs
Calling in the twelve to be
The stars mark his fiery path
And the ages come to be
Wheels in wheels forever spin
The great dance ever to be
Round and round the music goes
Unending harmony
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12. |
Mystic Spiral
07:37
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Dance the mystic spiral, dance the dance for me
With each step revitalise flower plant and tree
The dance is very ancient, its origins unknown
But each step of life will gently bring you home
For life is a Mystic Spiral, danced close to me
Reaching ever onwards with love
For flower, plant and tree
Your future like the earth's is a balance very fine
So dance the mystic spiral and scatter the seeds of time
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13. |
The Dark of the Moon
06:16
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O the moon in waning into darker days
O the light is fading into quieter ways
Into the space that is our own
Into the spirits' ancient home
O the moon is dying, soft she slips away
O the dark is dawning, holding all in sway
Into the shadow of our hearts
Into the place where all things start
O the moon is shedding old life for the new
From the void creating all that we can do
Into the facing of our fears
Into the crying of our tears
O the moon grows older, now her time has come
On nights black and starlit move into the sun
Into the stillness of our souls
Into the peace so deep and old
O the moon is hidden, dark her face unseen
O no light can find her resting in the dream
Into the spinning of the spheres
Into the weaving of the years
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14. |
The Hunter
06:05
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He came like the breeze with the first of the leaves
Giving all his shelter
He awoke to the living grain
Growing up to end hunger's pain
O the hunter
He came as the sun-crowned king
To bring the solar power
He came with the horns of gold
Having pushed back the winter's cold
He came falling down like the leaves to the ground
Before the winter
He fell with the falling sun
He fell with the falling rain
He came through the world spreading his winter cold
Freezing all the rivers
He came with the drifting snow
He came in an icy flow
O the hunter
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15. |
Fisherman
03:49
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Fisherman
I see you
Hauling them in
From deep waters
Fisherman
Mending your nets
But I never can see
Your fingers fly
Fisherman
What do you know?
You know nothing
Is there to be known
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16. |
Elfin Song
03:50
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Winter's passed, the spring is now here
Elfin song melts away my fears
With its golden voice
Hear the echo deep inside
Like a newborn child it smiles
Emerald light that forms the leaves
Shimmers high on ancient trees
Blossoms sweet perfume the air
And give love's dream
Diamonds gleam on a silver web
Refracted rainbows
A dewdrop flecked with the morning light
A new dawn comes
Feel the sunlight warm inside
Taliesin's song inspired
Blackbirds call giving their sing
An offering to the Queen of Spring
Elfin harps resound to speak their joy to all
The spring is here and summer soon to come
Ancient wisdoms will laugh in the sun
And the mystery will grow
Even through the autumn's show
Rusted gold tapestries
The spiral falling of the leaves
And every year it comes again
A well loved friend
Winter's passed the spring is now here
Elfin song melts away my fears
With its golden voice
Feel the sunlight warm inside
Taliesin's song inspired
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17. |
Ancient Gypsies
04:16
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Ancient gypsies are out on the plain
Following their forebearers
On the trail of a very ancient star
Now we may remember who we are
Love is tender like a silent open flower
Love is strong as mountains in the night
Love is smooth as shining running water
Love is warm as fires burning bright
In the night
Ancient gypsies are out on the plain
Once again, this time with the book of love
This is what we've come to find
At the end of all our anger
And our pain and our sadness
Love is wild as the blowing wind
Love is raging as the stormy ocean
When there's passion in the heart
It can be so heard to see
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18. |
Ballad of the Tribes
06:18
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Once in ancient times
When all the tribes of earth were one
The fruit of the land, the sea, the sky
Were shared by everyone
And the sun shone brightly on the earth
Once in ancient times
There rose a tribe of jewels and fire
They marched with joy, so brave, so strong
To be first was their heart's desire
Once in ancient times
There rose a tribe of science and tools
They made their machines, so wise, so clear
To them other tribes were fools
Once in ancient times
There rose a tribe of hearth and home
They laughed and played, so warm, so free
The sky was their pleasure dome
Now in ancient times
The tribes of earth have refused to share
The world that was once so bright for all
Will be darkened everywhere
And the sun grows weaker every day
Now in present times
The tribes of earth are one again
They share their thought, their strength their warmth
In a rainbow of harmony
And the sun shines brightly on the earth
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Silver on the Tree Glastonbury, UK
Avalonian Acapella and gossamer webbed harmonies to dance the dreaming Earth Awake
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