Songbook

WALK WITH WISDOM
(sung at the end of all rituals, classes and gatherings)
Walk with wisdom, from this hallowed place
Walk not in sorrow, our roots shall ‘ere embrace
May strength be your brother, and honor be your friend
And luck be your lover, until we meet again
[SPOKEN] Merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again. Blessed Be!

ONE SPIRIT
One spirit in the dark, like a candle waivers,
Many spirits joined as one, burn with the power of the blazing sun.
There is strength in community, a circle empowering you and me,
The circle binds, yet it sets us free,
In the goddess’ name, so mote it be.

ELEMENTAL RETURN
(usually sung three times, each time with greater speed)
The Earth, the Air, the Fire, the Water
Return, return, return, return
The Earth, the Air, the Fire, the Water
Return, return, return, return
I-ay, I-ay, I-ay, I-ay, I-oh, I-oh, I-oh, I-oh
I-ay, I-ay, I-ay, I-ay, I-oh, I-oh, I-oh, I-oh

AIR MOVES ME
Air moves me, Fire transforms me,
Water cleanses, Earth heals me
And the circle of life goes round and round
And the circle of life goes round

SACRED FIRE
Fire, sacred fire, burning through the night
Come to me in my dreamtime, bring me visions of light
Spiral down, circle round, to these arms open wide
Healing light, burning bright, dry these tears that I’ve cried

THE COVEN SONG (by Gareth Taliesin)
I give my life up into your hands
I give my life up into your hands
I put my life in your hands…
I know you’ll carry me
You can give your life up into my hands
You can give your life up into my hands
You can put your life in my hands…
And I will carry you

FREEDOM (by Kiki Williamson)
I can no more be bound than the hawk in flight
And I am the fire that burns in the night
And I am the shakin’ and the quakin’ of the earth
And I am the waters of the world’s rebirth
I am freedom….I am freedom….I am freedom….I am freedom
I am no more contained than the waves on the sea
I cannot be chained because I must be free
And I am the fire that burns in all things
The bell that tolls with freedom’s call, shake when you hear me ring
I am freedom….I am freedom….I am freedom….I am freedom

THE MOON IS HIGH (Descant by Kiki Williamson)
The moon is high, on this night of power
Her children come, at the witching hour
Our hands are raised, to the four directions
Spirit power is ours again
[Optional descant] Oh she rises, high above us
As her children gather round
Hear us call on all the elements
Ours again…ours again

WE ARE A CIRCLE
We are a circle, within a circle, with no beginning, and never ending.

WE ARE THE FLOW
We are the flow, we are the ebb, we are the weavers, we are the web.

WE WHO ARE
And we who are, as the stars in the heavens,
Ever serve a most noble dream,
A home of love, and growth through the ages,
Of knowledge and wisdom that never will die.

GOD/GODDESS CHANT
Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate
Demeter, Kali, Inanna
(repeat three times)
Pan, Hern Osiris, Priapis,
Bal, Dionysis, Apollo, Lugh
(repeat three times)

ANCIENT MOTHER
Ancient Mother, I hear you calling,
Ancient Mother, I hear your song,
Ancient Mother, I hear your laughter,
Ancient Mother, I taste your tears.

AIR I AM (by Andras Corbin)
Air I am, Fire I am,
Water, Earth, and Spirit I am

THE SOUND OF CHANGE
Wind blows, Fire burns
Water flows and the Earth turns
Wind blows, Fire burns
Water flows and the Earth turns
Can you hear it?
Can you hear it?
Can you hear it?
That’s the sound of change!
Oh that’s the sound of change!
That’s the sound of change!
Wind blows, lifts you up,
And lets you touch the sky
And the fire burns your spirit black,
Forges freedoms cry,
Water flows through your veins,
And becomes your salty tears,
And the Earth, she turns upon her course, 
Marks your living years.
Wind blows, Fire burns
Water flows and the Earth turns
Wind blows, Fire burns
Water flows and the Earth turns
Can you hear it?
Can you hear it?
Can you hear it?
That’s the sound of change!
Oh that’s the sound of change!
That’s the sound of change!

OO-MA-MA-MA
The Earth is a circle, Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma,
The Earth she is turning, Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma,
The Earth is our mother, Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma,
The Earth she is dancing, Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma,
Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma, Hey, Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma,
Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma, Hey, Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma,
Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma, Hey, Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma,
Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma, Hey, Oo-Ma-Ma-Ma.

WEARING MY LONG WING FEATHERS
Wearing My Long Wing Feathers as I fly,
Wearing my Long Wing Feathers as I fly,
I circle around, I circle around,
The boundaries of the earth.

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.
We all come from the God,
And to him we shall return,
Like a spark of flame soaring to the heavens
We all come from the Gods,
And have been called beyond,
On an endless way journeying throughout time.

MOTHERS AND FATHERS OF OLD
From far across this mortal plane,
Mothers and fathers of old.
We pray that ye return again,
Mothers and fathers of old.
To share with us the mysteries and secrets long untold,
Of the ancient ways we seek to reclaim,
Mothers and fathers of old.

WE ARE AN OLD PEOPLE
We are an old people,
We are a new people,
We are the same people,
Stonger than before.

SHE WILL BRING THE BUDS IN SPRING
Oh, she will bring the buds in spring,
And laugh among the flowers,
In summer’s heat are her kisses 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.

FUR & FEATHERS
Fur and feathers and scales and skin,
Different without but the same within,
Many a body, but one the soul,
By all creatures are the Gods made whole.

I’M GOING DOWN IN THE CAULDRON
I’m goin’ down in the cauldron,
Don’t you worry and don’t you mourn,
Lay me down in darkness in the cauldron,
Crone’s a-calling, gonna be reborn!