TRIBAL CHANTS Below is a listing of chants and songs that we of Caer Avalon have enjoyed over the years. It is by no means a complete listing, nor do we use every chant all the time. These are simply ones we have sung, still sing, and will probably sing again... NOTE: Authorship and copyright information has been included where known. Caer Avalon does not claim ownership or creative rights to any chants listed here; unless otherwise noted. Danu, Cerridwen, Epona, Morrigan, Blodeuwedd, Brigid, Rhiannon... © Lady Aislinn & Branwen - Caer Avalon Let us hear the song of Brigid Let us feel the gift of flame Let us keep you always with us Brigid, hear us call your name. © Gwenhwyfar - Caer Avalon We have the waters of life running through us We have the power to be what we will So let the healing begin in our bodies And let the power be inside us still © Gwenhwyfar - Caer Avalon The river is flowing, flowing and growing. The river is flowing back to the sea. Mother Earth carry me, child I will always be Mother Earth carry me, back to the sea. Lugh Lamhfhada, sage of skill, sun and harvest spear of will. Lugh Lamhfhada, with your might, bring us all your blessngs bright. Come loved ones come, Come to the beat of the heartbeat drum. We have gathered in Their names, now we sing them home again... We are the old ones, we are the new ones, we are the same ones, stronger than before... The circle shapes us, body and mind, heart and soul are one. © Deirdre Pulgram Arthen She changes everything she touches and everything she touches changes. © Starhawk I bring the fire from the heart of the Earth, from out of the cauldron that gave us all birth. Deep in her darkness she bubbles and boils, deep in her darkness the serpent uncoils. The ocean is the beginning of the world, the ocean is the beginning of the world, all life comes from the sea, all life comes from the sea. © Delaney Johnson & Starhawk Come and be one become one be one be. We will never, never lose our way to the well of her mystery, and the power of her living flame it will rise, it will rise again. Spirits of fire, come to us, we will kindle the fire, spirits of fire, come to us, we will kindle the fire, we will kindle the fire, dance the magic circle round, we will kindle the fire, we will kindle the fire. We give thanks for unknown blessings already on the way. We are the flow and we are the ebb, we are the weavers, we are the web. We are the spider we are the thread, we are the witches back from the dead. © Shekhinah Mountainwater We are a circle within a circle with no beginning and never ending. © Rick Hamouris Lady spin your circle bright, weave your web of dark and light Earth, air, fire, and water guide us as one. Fur and feather and scale and skin, different without but the same within, many of body but one of soul, through all creatures are the Gods made whole. We are one with the infinite sun, for ever and ever and ever... The Earth is our Mother we must take care of her, the Earth is our Mother, we must take care of her, Hey ahna ho yahna hey nyah nyah Hey anno ho anna hey nyah nyah... Holy water, sacred flame Brigid we invoke your name heal my head, my hand, my heart source of healing, song, and art. Horned One, lover, son leaper in the corn deep in the mother die and be reborn... The circle is open but unbroken, may the light of the Goddess, be ever in our hearts, merry meet and meery part and merry meet again. Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna... © Deena Metzger Hecate, Cerridwen Dark Mother take us in, Hecate, Cerridwen let us be reborn. © Patricia Witt We all come from the Goddess, and to her we shall return, like a drop of rain, flowing to the ocean, corn and grain, corn and grain, all that falls shall rise again. Hoof and horn, hoof and horn, all that dies shall be reborn. © Z. Budapest Earth is my body, Water my blood, Air is my breath and Fire my Spirit... Human I am, Spirit I am, I am the infinte with my soul, I have no beginning and I have no end, all this I am... If you have any questions or comments regarding these or any other chants, please feel free to contact us through our discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Caer_Avalon Blessed Be! < Back to the Nemeton © Caer Avalon