Song, Chant, Poetry, Stories and Satire for the Pagan Community |
Title: The Promise
Lyrics by: Samantha River (Jade)
Tune: "The Highwayman," Phil Ochs, original poem by Alfred Noyes
Date: 1993
Source:
Recorded on: "Music Celebrating the Goddess," Triple Crescent, 1994
Subject: Goddess
In a stone circle, underneath the sky Women they would gather in the days gone by They came to find the mother and to know her ways To mark the cycles turning, honor the holy days To learn of her wisdom, hear the words she'd say: Chorus: Oh, look for me by moonlight Watch for me by moonlight And I'll come to thee by moonlight None may bar the way In secret they'd assemble after passing the coin around Under cover of darkness so they would not be found Although there might be danger, still they'd heed the call The midwives and the healers, proud witches one and all The voice was like a whisper, carried on the breeze: On the hill we gather when the moon is full and round Like the ancient women we come to draw her down We come to find the Mother and to know her ways To mark the cycles turning, honor the holy days The voice grows ever louder, her promise still remains: Look for me by monlight, the time it is most clear Watch for me by moonlight, surely you will hear Watch for me by moonlight, you're sure to find the way...