Song, Chant, Poetry, Stories and Satire for the Pagan Community

This entry made: 03/15/2000

Title: We Won't Wait Any Longer (The Pagan National Anthem)
Lyrics by: Gwydion Pendderwen
Tune: original
Date:
Source: http://members.tripod.com/~bardic_circle/wait.txt
Recorded on: "The Faerie Shaman," Gwydion Pendderwen, 1983
Subject: Pagan Pride

We have trusted no man's promise,
We have kept to just ourselves;
We have suffered from the lies
In all the books upon your shelves
And our patience and endurance
Through the Burning Times and now
Have given us the strength
To keep our vow.

	We won't wait any longer
	We are stronger than before
	We won't wait any longer
	We are stronger

You have grazed away the heather
And have razed the sacred grove;
You have driven native peoples
From the places that they love.
Though your greed has been unbounded,
You have felt the pangs of shame
Every time you trod
Upon the Mother's name.

Chorus

Though you thought you had destroyed
The memory of the Ancient Way,
Still the people light the bale fires
Every year on solstice day.
And on Beltane Eve and Samhain
You can find us on the hill
Invoking once again
The Triple Will.

Chorus

Through the ages many races
Have risen and have gone,
But dispersed among the nations
Of the world we linger on.
Now the time has come to take
The sacred Cauldron of Rebirth
And fulfill our ancient
Pledges to the earth.

Chorus