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

This entry made: 12/21/1999

Title: Hal An Tow
Lyrics by: traditional
Tune: traditional
Date:
Source: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1574/halantow.htm
Recorded on: "Once Around the Wheel," Ian Corrigan, 1987 (Association for Consciousness Exploration, 1643 Lee Rd #9, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118); "Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs," The Waterson Family, 1965.
Subject: Sabbats - Beltane

Take no scorn to wear the horn, it was a crest when you were born,
Your father's father wore it and your father wore it too.

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Hal-an-tow, jolly rumble oh! 
We were up long before the day - oh,
To welcome in the summer... to welcome in the May - oh,
The summer is a comin' in and winter's gone away - oh.

Robin Hood and Marion have both gone to the fair - oh, 
And we will to the merry green wood to hunt the buck and hare - oh.

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What happened to the Spaniards that made so great a boast - oh,
Why they shall eat the feathered goose and we shall eat the roast - oh.

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The Lord and Lady bless you with all their pow'r and might - oh,
And bring peace to our Bealtainne, bring peace by day and night - oh.

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