yule songs

Nevyn

Got these in an email and just had to share


DANCING IN A WICCAN WONDERLAND
"Alexander & Aarcher"

Pagans sing, are you listenin', Now the God, is the Provider,
Altar's set,candles glisten, Supplying game for our Fire,
It's a Magickal night, we're having tonight, Above and Below, He's the Horned One we Know,
Dancing in a Wiccan Wonderland Dancing in a Wiccan Wonderland

Blades held high, censer smoking, In a Circle we can light a Yule Fire,
God and Goddess, we're invoking, And await the rising of the Sun,
Through Elements Five, we celebrate life, It's the Great Wheel turning for the new year,
Dancing in a Wiccan Wonderland, loaded with abundance and great fun.

Queen of Heaven, is in Her place, Later on, by the fire,
Triple Goddess, now the Crone Face, Cone of Power, gettin' higher
Above and Below, She's the Goddess we know, It's a Magickal Night we're having tonight,
Dancing in a Wiccan Wonderland Dancing in a Wiccan Wonderland

Nevyn

SHARE THE LIGHT
(Tune: The First Noel)

CHORUS: Share the light, share the light!
Share the light, share the Light!
All paths are one on this holy night!

On this Winter holiday, let us stop and recall
That this season is holy to one and to all.
Unto some a Son is born, unto us comes a Sun,
And we know, if they don't that all paths are one.

Be it Chanukah or Yule,
Christmas time or Solstice night,
All celebrate the eternal light.
Lighted tree or burning log,
Or eight candle flames.
All gods are one god, whatever their names.

Talliesin

Gods rest ye merry pagan folk
Let none of you dismay.
Remember that the Sun returns
Upon this Solstice Day
The growing dark is ended now
And spring is on its way

Oh tidings of comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
Oh tidings of comfort and Joy

The winter's worst still lies ahead
Fierce Tempest Snow and Rain
Beneath the blanket on the ground
The Spark of life remains
The Sun's warm rays caress the seeds
To raise Life's song again

Oh tidings of comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
Oh tidings of comfort and Joy

Within the blessed apple lies
The promise of the Queen
For from this pentacle shall rise
The orchards fresh and green
The Earth shall blossom once again
The air be sweet and clean

Oh tidings of comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
Oh tidings of comfort and Joy

(I think, but am not sure, that this version was written by one of the Bucklands).

Talliesin

Solstice Past by Hagalaz' Runedance

Crimson summer sky
sundown has come
trees cloaked in shadows
what would I find beyond?
As I'm watching, thinking, waiting for the night to fall
could I only turn the time
could I stop this moment

Grey summer sky,
the trees swing softly
come summer rain
and kiss my skin
tears in my eyes mingle with the raindrops
warm winds blow my face dry
yet, still I cannot see

From the woods I hear my name
passions of summer-time
I follow the whisper
enthralled by the magic
Tell me secrets
the life-blood of nature
but underneath the green moss
their traces disappeared
Oh, what I see, what I feel
Oh, could it be a memory?
or is it mere fantasy?
Hide away the pain,
when no words could ever explain

Midsummer night
bewitched by the light
at solstice fires
the wheel burns bright
Join the dance, celebrate the peak of life
Cast away the reality that
the fall has begun.

Summer will pass
but the sun shall return
summer nights will be
but how many more to see?
While I'm watching, breathing
taken by the summer air
The vision may still be
the moment's gone forever.