A Pagan Songbook

Here are some Pagan songs I have collected over time. A few of them are to tunes you may already know, and others don't make note of a tune at all. (Guess you'll have to be creative!) Hope you enjoy these...

Pagan Lullaby

Ocean Lullaby

Remember Child

Amazing Grace

Pagan Lullaby

Lady hold her while she sleeps, give her visions she can keep.
Make her safe until the light, thank you, Goddess, of the night.
All that I hold between my hands belongs to the Goddess.
Make her healthy, keep her strong, let her live a life that's long.
Give her wisdom and self worth, thank you, Goddess, for her birth.
All that I hold between my hands belongs to the Goddess.

Give her knowledge, make her bright, let her know what's wrong and right.
Give her friends, let love be hers, thank you, Goddess, for little girls.
All that I hold between my hands belongs to the Goddess.

As she grows up let life thrive! Animals and plants survive.
Peace and health for everyone, bless us, Maiden, Mother, Crone.
All that I hold between my hands belongs to the Goddess.

By Diane Baker

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Ocean Lullaby

I'm the body of the ocean, the roar of the sea, I can swim with the dolphins and they sing to me, and I roll on the waves and I wash through the deep, as I go to sleep.

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By Anne Hill

Remember Child

Chorus:
Remember, remember child
Others died that you might live
Remember, remember child
Offer your thanks for the gifts that they give

The Winter Lord died, is reborn as the Sun
The Oaken King changes to the Holly One
In the Spring the seed becomes John Barleycorn
In Autumn He dies and again is reborn

Chorus

The salmon swims up the stream to spawn
And is caught in the nets of the Children of Dawn
The stag will run with his horns held high
But for mean on the table, the stag must die

Chorus

The corn in the fields and the grape on the vine
Both must be slaughtered for the cakes and wine
The wheel goes around but remains the same
In death your body feeds the grapes and grain

Chorus

By Breid Foxsong

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Unorthodoxology
(Tune: Doxology or Old 100th)

Praise Her from whom all blessings flow.
For waters deep and fire's glow.
For life and breath and Earth our home.
Praise Mother, Maid and Ancient Crone.
Blessed be.

Author Unknown

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Pagan Grace
(Tune: Doxology)

Praise Her from whom all blessings flow.
Fruits of Her harvest to bestow.
Sustain us as we change and grow.
Praise Mother Earth our ancient home.
Blessed be.

By Linda Pinti, former CUUPS Chair

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Morning/Evening Song

Lady of the Moon descend.
Guard and keep your little friend.
'Til the longest night is done.
And I rise to greet the sun.

Father Sun, who starts my day.
Grows my food and lights my way.
Bless all those you shine upon,
Warm our hearts till night has come.

Power of the East we call.
Bring your wisdom to us all.
Open up our inner sight,
Bring us safely through the night.

Guardians of the Southern fires,
Protect us as our body tires,
Bring your healing to our dreams,
Wake us with your bright sunbeams.

Water flowing from the West,
Guard and watch us as we rest,
Your love flows 'ore one and all,
For all your children large and small.

Northern watchers come be near,
Mother Earth that we hold dear,
Help us grow both strong and sure,
Keep our hearts and spirits pure.

By Hilary Karna & Rhiannon Bennett

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Crone's Lullaby

Go to sleep, dream ye deep
Where the memories keep,
But return to your momma, little baby.
My desire was the fire, your sire to inspire
And you'll ever be loved, little baby.

I will come if you call me,
Call to me, call to me.
But I hear my baby wailing,
Set me free, set me free.
When you wake at day break,
For your own mother's sake,
Say a blessing for me, little baby.

I was forsworn long before
The day you were born
You'd be the sunshine for me, little baby.
When you smile, little child
All the creatures in the wild,
Come to bask in your light, little baby.

You were born on a winter's day,
Winter's day, winter's day.
But the years will come and take you
Far away, far away.
When I'm old in the cold,
With nothing to hold,
I will never forget my little baby.

Music by Gwydion Pendderwen
Words by Rhiannon Bennett

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Teacher's Song

Question everything that I tell you
Ask until you understand
This isn't a system that's perfect
But I'm doing the best that I can
I wasn't always a teacher
Once I was a beginner like you
Listen very carefully to these words
'Cause they're the only I'll swear are true

Just because I say it, doesn't mean it's so
Let your heart and the Goddess within
Guide you as you go
Just because I say it, doesn't mean it's true
Let the Lord and the Lady and your intuition
Find a path for you

Always keep your eyes open
'Cause everything good isn't old
I'm not looking for robots
Who only do things they are told
This is a religion of learning
But it also comes from the heart
Pick and choose among what you use
And you're ready to make a start

Remember...
Just because I say it, doesn't mean it's so
Let your heart and the Goddess within
Guide you as you go
Just because I say it, doesn't mean it's true
Let the Lord and the Lady and your intuition
Find a path for you

Tradition isn't always stagnant
Innovation isn't always wrong
A little infusion dispels the delusion
And makes the tradition strong
What I'm giving you is a foundation
On which you can take root and grow
Someday you'll be telling your own students
What I hope that they already know

That...
Just because you say it, doesn't mean it's so
Let their hearts and the Goddess within
Guide them as they go
Just because you say it, doesn't mean it's true
Let the Lord and the Lady and their intuition
Find a path that's true

Just because I say it, doesn't mean it's so
Let your heart and the Goddess within
Guide you as you go
Just because I say it, doesn't mean it's true
Let the Lord and the Lady and your intuition
Find a path for you

By Breid Foxsong

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Marilyn's Tree Song

Chorus:
Strong as on Oak Tree
Magick as a Rowan bough
Limber and lithe like the Willow I bend
Tenacious as Ivy, Apple and I both will give
Hazel's knowledge of the future I hold

Like a deer I'm running wild
Dappled 'neath the green wood trees
Secrets of the forest and the Earth I will find
Mountain deep and tone wise, I will gather the harvest's gold
Earth Mother, Horned Lord, I am your child

Chorus

Thunder drums as lightening and
I will dance across the sky
Balefires burn with the knowledge of old
Joining hands we circle 'round, and draw the Lord and Lady in
Raise our hearts and our hands to the Gods

Chorus

Hawthorn's Daughter, Birch's Son
We are the Children of the Land
Rooted in the Earth and reaching toward the sky
Living like the Evergreen, the promise we'll be born again
Join with me now raise your voices and cry

WE ARE...

Chorus

Chorus

By Breid Foxsong

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Amazing Grace
(Tune: Traditional)

Amazing Grace, how sweet the Earth
That bore a witch like me.
I once was burned, now I survive
Was hung and now I sing.

'Twas Grace that drew down the moon
And Grace that raised the seas.
The magic in the people's will
Will set our mother free.

We face the East and breathe the winds
That move across the Earth.
From gentle breeze to hurricane,
Our breath will bring forth change.

Turn toward the South and feel the fire
That burn in you and me.
The spirit's flame will rise again
And burn eternally.

We greet the West, our souls awash
In tides of primal birth.
Our tears and blood, our pain and love
Will cleanse and heal the Earth.

Reach to the North and know your roots
Down deep ancestral caves.
We find the wisdom of the Crone,
"Of circles we are made."

Amazing Earth, enduring life,
From death unto rebirth.
'Tis Earth I am and Earth I love,
And Earth I'll always be.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the Earth
That bore witches like we.
We once were burned, now we survive
Were hung and now we sing.

Goddess bless, so mote it be.
Our magic spirals on.
Merry meet and merry part,
And merry meet again.

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