Original Song Cycle

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[ Original Song Cycle ] [ The Teaching Song ] [ Windwood ] [ Holly, Oak & Ivy ]

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Original 1994 Release Songs

The Goddess Chant

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna

© Deena Metzger, Caitlin Mullin

The God Chant

Osiris, Adonis, Khuruz, Pan, Dionysos, Shiva, Dumuzi

This is the local Salt Lake version, author unknown

We Are A Circle

We are a Circle, Within a Circle, with no beginning, and never ending.

Origin unknown

We All Come From the Goddess

We all come from the Goddess
And to Her we shall return
Like a drop of rain
flowing to the ocean

© Z. Budapest

Hoof and Horn

Hoof and Horn, Hoof and horn,
all that dies shall be reborn
Vine and grain, vine and grain,
All that's cut shall rise again

© Ian Corrigan

Horned One

Horned one, lover, son, Leaper in the corn,
Deep in the Mother, die and be reborn

Listen Lady Listen to my heart's song
Listen Lady Listen to my heart's song
I will never forget you, I will never forsake you
I will never forget you, I will never forsake you

Origin unknown

13 Trees Chant

Apple for the Lady,
Oak for the Lord,
Hazel for the Wise Ones,
Holly for the sword,
Rowan for protection,
Birch to make a start,
Alder for the fire,
Willow for the heart..
Ash the Magician,
Ivy makes a crown
Vine for the wine
When the cup comes around
Elder for the ancients,
In the forest tall,
And the yew tree at Samhain,
To cover us all!

© Aisling

We Are One

We are one with Creation, we are one with the Gods
We are one with Creation, we are one with the Gods
Let our love and our unity be manifest abroad
As above, so below, by our will, by our will
As above, so below, by our will

© Holly and Beverly Stuart

Spring Song Goddess

Known as The Lady's Bransle (brawl)

For She will bring the buds in Spring
and laugh amid the flowers
In Summer's heat, Her kisses are sweet,
She sings in leafy bowers
She cuts the cane and gathers the grain
when fruits of Fall surround Her,
Her bones grow old in Wintery cold,
She wraps her cloak around Her

© Glenn Turner and Hope Athearn

Spring Song God

For He will sow the seeds she will grow,
and pluck the maiden's flowers
In Summer's heat with passion replete,
He lies with her for hours
He falls as grain in sweet Autumn rain
before Demeter's reaping
Below the sod, the bones of the God
In Winter's chill lie sleeping

© Aisling

The Earth is our Mother

The Earth is our mother, we must take care of her (2x)

Chorus: Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan,
Hey yana, ho yana, hey yan yan.

Her sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take (2x)

The Earth is our mother, she will take care of us (2x)

Origin unknown
Recorded on: "The Circle Is Cast," Libana, 1986
"Songs of the Sacred Wheel," Earth Dance Singers

Rhea of the Drum

Rhea of the drum
Mother of the drum
Daughter of the Earth and Sky
Beats upon her drum
Beats upon her drum
When she hears her children cry:

Ai yi yi yi! (echo)
Oh wo wo wo (echo)
Sometimes I'm afraid of the dark out there

Ai yi yi yi! (echo)
Oh wo wo wo (echo)
Sometimes I'm afraid of the dark in here

© Charles Lawrence

Now the Green Blade Riseth

Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain,
Wheat that in the dark Earth many days has lain.
Love lives again, that with the dead has been.
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.

Now the spirit stirreth at the stricken root
From the rotted tree stump springs a living shoot
Mold, muck and clay bring for the green of May
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green

In the Earth they laid them in a barren place
Witches from the burning nameless and erased.
Rising again, their ashes feed the grain.
We are come again like wheat that springeth green.

Now the wasteland bloometh from the hidden bud
in the rocky desert, rivers brim and flood
Dry bones will sing, the quickening of spring
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green

Air Moves Us

Air moves us,
Fire transforms us
Water shapes us
Earth heals us

and the balance of the wheel
goes round and round
and the balance of the wheel goes round

© Reclaiming Collective

Burn Fire

Burn fire, burn within me
kindled from eternal fire,
All the people that I see,
All the people part of me
One flame, many parts
A simple fire of flaming hearts

adaptation, by unknown
original, © Nicholas Sea
(see link for explanation)

The River Is Flowing

The river is flowing, flowing and growing
he river is flowing, down to the sea
Oh, mother carry me, your child I will always be
Oh, mother carry me, down to the sea

Dark earth, silent stone, tangled root and green leaf, oh,
High peaks, magic herbs, cold springs rush and forest grow,
Mountain Mother, come to me
I receive you merrily,
Guide my footsteps, feed my soul,
Wherever I may go

© Michael Finnegan Rhys

I Circle Around

I circle around,
I circle around,
The boundaries of the earth.
I circle around,
I circle around,
The boundaries of the earth.
Wearing my white wing feathers as I fly,
Wearing my white wing feathers as I fly.
I circle around,
I circle around,
The boundaries of the earth

Arapaho Ghost Dance Song
Recorded on: "Songs of the Sacred Wheel," Earth Dance Singers

Blood of the Ancients

It's the blood of the ancients
that runs through our veins
The forms pass, but the circle of life remains

© Charlie Murphy

She's Been Waiting

She's been waiting, waiting
She's been waiting so long
She's been waiting for her children
To remember to return

© Paula Walowitz

We Are Awake in the Night

We are awake in the night,
we turn the wheel, to bring the light
we draw the sun from the womb of night

© Reclaiming Collective

Grounding Chant

The earth, the air, the fire, the water
Return, return, return, return

Origin unknown

The Ocean is the Beginning of the Earth

The ocean is the beginning of the earth
All life comes from the sea

Born of Water

Air I Am

Snake Woman

Snake woman shedding her skin (repeat),
shedding, shedding, shedding her skin (repeat).
(repeat each 2x)
Bird woman taking flight...
Star woman shining bright...
Moon woman riding the night...
Blossom woman opening wide...
Snake woman shedding her skin...

And we can rise with the fire of freedom
Truth is the fire that burns our chains
And we can stop the fire of destruction
Healing is the fire running through our veins

Earth, water,
Earth, water, fire and air
Fire and air

Origin unknown

Hecate, Cerridwen

Touching Her deep,
Deep in our center

I Am a Circle

I am a circle
I am healing you
You are a circle
You are healing me
Unite us, be as one
Unite us, be as one

Origin unknown

Silver Shining Wheel

Holy maiden huntress, Artemis, Artemis,
Maiden, come to us.

Silver shining wheel of radiance, radiance,
Mother, come to us.

Ancient queen of wisdom, Hecate, Cerridwen,
Old one, come to us.

Holy shining sunlight, radiant, radiant,
Brother, come to us.

© Peter Soderberg

The Circle is Open

The circle is open, but unbroken
Merry meet and merry part and merry meet again

Origin unknown

All above songs sung by Lady Raven, Gwen, Aisling and Kristin
Recorded at Chez Lapin 1993