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

This entry made: 01/05/2000

Title: Staine's Morris
Lyrics by: traditional British Morris Dancing song
Tune: traditional
Date:
Source: http://www.leafworks.com/oracle/tlo8/page18.html. Also available in Ray Buckland's "Complete Book of Witchcraft."
Recorded on: "Once Around the Wheel," Ian Corrigan, 1987 (Association for Consciousness Exploration, 1643 Lee Rd #9, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118)
Subject: Sabbats - Beltane

Come ye young men, come along
With your music, dance and song
Bring your lasses in your hand
For 'tis that which love commands

Chorus:
Then to the maypole, haste away
For 'tis now our holiday! (Repeat)

'Tis the choice time of the year
When the violets now appear
And the rose now sees its birth
And the primrose decks the earth

And when you are reckoned now
For kisses you your sweetheart gave
Take them all again and more
It will never make them poor

And when you well spend your time
And the day is past its prime
To your beds repair at night
And dream then of your day's delight

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