by Tuatha Dea and Damh the Bard
Side by Side/ Ties that bind
Your hand/ My hand/ Hearts intertwined
My best friend Til the end
As long, As long as love shall last
Bride and Groom jump the broom
One heart, two hearts/ Two become one
I will love you (repeated)
I will love you (repeated)
Hearts and Hands (repeated)
Take me as I am
My heart is in your hands
I’ll follow
(repeated)
music & lyrics © Deborah Ann Taylor Nielsen (ASCAP) 2018
https://pagansong.com/seasons/join-together-the-handfasting-song/
Fire and Air come together tonight making the world a most beautiful sight;
Fire and Air join together as one in the light of the moon and the sun.
Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate the love.
Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate with us.
Dance with us in the circle tonight! Join in the healing we create in this rite.
When we’re together we connect to the light as we rejoice in the pleasure of love.
Fire and Air come together tonight making the world a most beautiful sight;
Fire and Air join together as one in the light of the moon and the sun.
Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate the love.
Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate with us.
The beauty of Earth, the white Moon and her Stars call upon you to celebrate all
The compassion and power of the joy we have found In the ecstasy of Spirit and the wine of life
Fire and Air come together tonight making the world a most beautiful sight;
Fire and Air join together as one in the light of the moon and the sun.
LISTEN
(Jethro Tull – 1976)
Now is the solstice of the year,
winter is the glad song that you hear.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Have the lads up ready in a line.
Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
Join together beneath the mistletoe.
by the holy oak whereon it grows.
Seven druids dance in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.
Ring out these bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Praise be to the distant sister sun,
joyful as the silver planets run.
Seven maids move in seven time.
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming.
Ring out those bells.
Ring out, ring solstice bells.
Ring solstice bells.
Ring on, ring out.
Ring on, ring out.
Ring on, ring out.
Ring on, ring out.
Ring on, ring out.
LISTEN
by Lisa Thiel
Blessed Woman come to me
Woman of the Fires,
Woman of Poetry
Blessed Woman come to me
woman of Healing,
Woman of Skillful Means
Blessed woman of the land
Guide my heart and guide my hand
Blessed Woman of the streams
Guide my soul and guide my dreams
Blessed Woman come to me
Woman of the fires
Woman of Poetry,
Blessed Woman come to me
Woman of Healing
Woman of Skillful Means.
Blessed Woman of the hills
Heal all wounds and heal all ills
Blessed Woman of the flame
Awaken me to renew again
LISTEN
by New Troubadors
(Words by David Spangler; Music by Milenko Matanovic)
LYRICS
This is the Festival, the Festival of Light
Sing for the candles burning brightly through the night
Sing for the light abroad that guides our destiny
Sing for the light of love that builds community
Sing for the wise ones, men and women who
Light up our way with visions that are true
Sing for our children who are candles of the dawn
Giving us the promise that our light will carry on
This is the festival, the festival of light
Sing for the love that shall make this world ignite
A flame with a beauty that awakes in every heart
Sing for the will that can make that fire start
Follow the light that leads within us to the birth
Of love and harmony, and peace for all upon the earth
We are the festival, we are the light
We are the candles burning brightly in the night
We are the festival, we are the light
We are the candles burning brightly in the night
We are the festival, we are the light
We are the candles burning brightly in the night
NOTES
Used many times for the Annual Winter Solstice Service. Esp the first one in 1994.
http://lorianpress.com/troubs.htm
by Ruth Burgess
Into the freedom of wind and sunshine
We let you go
Into the dance of the stars and the planets
We let you go
Into the wind’s breath and the hands of the star maker
We let you go
We love you, we miss you, we want you to be happy
Go safely, go dancing, go running home
by Ruth Burgess
Into the darkness and warmth of the earth
We lay you down
Into the sadness and smiles of our memories
We lay you down
Into the cycle of living and dying and rising again
We lay you down
May you rest in peace, in fulfillment, in loving
May you run straight home in God’s embrace
