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Baba Yaga
03:01
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In Viatka a forest hut poor
Go with God son cut logs for the floor
The bark of a tree for a boat
Fashioned oars and he set off alfoat
And she sang with a mother's voice mild
Vaniushka come here to me child
I've brought you some bread to the shore
Baba Yaga his mother for sure
Hut, hut turn your eyes to the trees
Turn around so your gate's facing me
Stop dancing on chicken legs bony and wired
Baba Yaga took the boy to her daughter inside
Stoke the coals, burn the fire raging red
We can cook then the Polati for bed
Fetch the child Mashka dear, she did say
Let him lay like the cats and dogs lay
But he protested he knew not how
Asked the daughter to please show him now
As the flames overtook once she'd show
He flew with the geese to his home
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2. |
Covens Curse
02:43
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Fetch me my candles and bring me some chord
A feather for East and a rock for the North
I'll cast us a circle for magick my sisters and me
For taking blunt needles and pricking our skin
The beating and drowning confess us our sins
Soon they will pay for the hurt of our sisters and me
At Diana's waning we'll take us a care
Tie silks round a poppet and knots in their hair
They've asked for the use of our magick our sisters and me
Their fields fall fallow while oxen grow lame and
Villagers pray to their God for the rain
We'll send them a wind with our curses my sisters and me
Maledicient omnes vicani
Maledic vitae tuae
Fruges et deficient
Flumina arida
Maledicient omnes vicani
Maledic vitae tuae
Fruges et deficient
Flumina arida
Their babes are a-dying they're breaking their hearts
Tales told of the women bewitching these parts
Our wrath like the rain on their windows my sisters and me
We'll feast and we'll dance and we'll drink and we'll laugh
But noughts without retort for taking this path
Ever reminded my sisters the rule of the three....
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3. |
Hand of Thatch
03:25
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Pray don't take me from my sister
Cruel result of spite and scorn
Can she hear me from the distance
Wrapping ribbons round sheaves of corn
La, la...
Shamed, beaten, bound and broken
Lace wet through for all to see
In the fire the comfrey's burning
Till my sister is home with me
La, la...
Fire and flame o'er feet are lapping
Pain so cruel seek death's appeal
In the night the faintest rustling
A hand of thatch, my fate will seal
La, la...
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The High Priest
03:14
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Seated 'fore the gates of stone
Neath the ash and oak
Right hand is raised to the horned goat
Art's pendant beneath his cloak
Athame and chalice beneath his feet
A sign of the great rite to come
Embodiment of the day and the warmth
Meditates the power of the sun
The Priestess she opens he heart to this man
Union by choice of the moon and the sun
Embrace of his love's at the heart of all life
Circle everlasting the scared great rite
The noonday sun above his horns
Trisquel upon his breast
When wren speaks forth in joyful song
The mystical marriage is blessed
At Beltane's warmth, mayflowers in bloom
Love at the heart of life
Mastery of the three of the worlds
Union of earth and sky
Eclipse of her reasoning brings clarity forth
Surrender by choice to the mysteries of love
Just as Ceridwen took Gwion in the form of a hen
Creation from love starts life's cycle again
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5. |
Besom Dance
03:07
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6. |
Queen of the Circle
02:22
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Lead you to the meadow where the wind blows the corn ears
Dance with me gaily 'till the dawn of the day
Look not behind you, forever in my eyes
Leave her without you and here you will stay
Care not for your family, for they will not miss you
Hope note for chattels for here you'll not need
Dance with me always and ever my partner
Spinning and dancing the turn of the wheel
Care not for your daughter and seek not your wife
Place your hands in mine and ever live my life
For thanking me kindly I'll lead you a-dancing
For the gift of a penny I'll take you away
In the land of the court time it passes so slowly
One kiss from me my lord and here you will stay
You'll care not for your woman, my love you'll not miss her
Think not of your children, their memories will pass
In the circle of stones where the magick's about us
Barefoot and dancing alone in the grass
Care not for your daughter and seek not your wife
Place your hands in mine and ever live my life
Close the west window 'fore nightfall draws near
A pail on the doorstep, an iron key near
A piece from the loaf and the salt on the floor
For the Queen of the Circle she'll soon dance once more
Lead you to the meadow where the wind blows the corn ears
Dance with me gaily 'till the dawn of the day
Look not behind you, forever in my eyes
Leave her without you and here you will stay
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Amarynthia Scotland, UK
Amarynthia is a Witchcraft Folk Duo based in The Scottish Highlands.
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