Subj : A bit late... Samhain To : All From : ceri@twmba.net Date : Sun Nov 02 2003 03:55 pm From: Ceri ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hiya Everyone, I found this in the inbox this morning. OK so I'm _miles_ behind in my mail it was a 1/2 hour walk each way to the hospital, it that a good enough excuse??? I've no idea of the tunes I'm afraid... Samhain Songs by Loreena McKennit All souls night by Loreena McKennit: Bonfires dot the rolling hills Figures dance around and around To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness Moving to the pagan sound Somewhere in a hidden memory Images float before my eyes Of fragrant nights of straw and of bonfires And dancing till the next sunrise I can see lights in the distance Trembling in the dark cloak of night Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing A waltz on All Souls Night Figures of cornstalks bend in the shadows Held up tall as the flames leap high The green knight holds the holly bush To mark where the old year passes by I can see the lights in the distance Trembling in the dark cloak of night Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing A waltz on All Souls Night Standing on the bridge that crosses The river that goes out to the sea The wind is full of a thousand voices They pass by the bridge and me I can see the lights in the distance Trembling in the dark cloak of night Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing A waltz on All Souls Night The old ways by Loreena McKennit: The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you On a dark new year's night On the west coast of Clare I heard your voice singing Your eyes danced the song Your hands played the tune T'was a vision before me We left the music behind and the dance carried on As we stole away to the seashore We smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair And with sadness you paused Suddenly I knew that you'd have to go My world was not yours, your eyes told me so Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time And I wondered why As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea A vision came o'er me Of thundering hooves and beating wings In the clouds above As you turned to go I heard you call out my name, Like a bird in a cage spreading its wings to fly "The old ways are lost," you sang as you flew And I wondered why The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you (from Witches With Brains) -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = Ceridwen is a default net alias Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground. --- * Origin: TransNet Gateway 2.11+ 1111 (3:640/1010) .