trystinn | A few ponderings on Josh's initiation

I do have to wonder at though I've been to several Initiations since my own - this one exhausted me! And dang, that's as "anonymous family member" on circle instead of being one of the Initiators - cannot imagine how exhausted they must be!

Hubby received lots of good presents - a few I may actually let him keep control of instead of quietly and sneakily moving them where I want them around the house! Received our holiday prezzies from the head of our trad - more MP3 goodness! Damn, do they know me, or what?? I have some of the songs in other collections, CDs, etc. but a few songs I have no idea who the artist or song title is and I hate to go asking - seems a bit rude. I was just about to run a google search, when I thought...

Anyone up for "

Here's a bit of the lines from each of the unknowns, to the best of my ability to figure out what they are singing. In all honesty, the mistakes I've made in the lyrics may be as funny as anything else:

1. "Shaaa-man, Shaaa-man" then more lyrics in a language I cannot identify.
2. "Burning Times" with a male singer (a very sweet tenor) - I have the Christy Moore version.
3. "I am a bold and pagan soul", "I judge the world by mine own rites", "my skin, my bones, my heretic heart are my authority", "I have sworn on dragon's tongue and danced on holy land".
4. "Lady of the glowing moon, lady of the night. I know thee by a thousand names, oh mistress of the night". (sounds almost like Lisa Thiel, but more of mezzo)
5. "The moon is high above the hill and we have come to work our will. What is your will, oh children wise?", "is she dark or is she bright, how shall you know her in the dark?", "that among you, you shall know her". "The three-fold moon is her own sign - Oh!"
6. "When she danced on the water and the wind was her...", "I am the Lord of the Dance, cried he! And I live in you and you live in me!", "I came with the dawning, when the world was new". "I joined in the rhythm and she gave me birth!", "When it comes to harvest, I shall never feel the pain".
7. "Magic, magic, magic, if you use your imagination. Magic, magic, magic, is the doorway to the mind". "Magic, magic, magic, all it takes is a bit of concentration."
8. "Midnight glance (?), silence blazed. Misty shrouds the leaves and twines (?)." "Silence still, the west wind carries, the tiny taste of distant seas. Dark and deep the nightshed berries".
9. "She takes us wanderers under her wings." "You were born naked, naked, naked in your time, angel of darkness", "angel of mercy, take away the sorrow, take away the pain, the angel of mercy knows the way (?), wraps it around your shoulders..."
10. "Spirit of the waters, take away my anger, for am I soon to leave here. In great fear and pain, surround me with thy beauty, if it please thee that I may lose my fear of the plains. Spirit of the fire, hear me, when I cry, for I am soon to die and leave a daughter to mourn. Let me burn brightly, if it please thee that she might see my light and be warned. Spirit of the air, lift my ashes quietly so high above that gathering and let them fall again. And this shall be a sign if it please thee that I shall be returning on the north wind. Spirit of the earth, I give my body to thee, oh let my bones scattered be among the growing things, then let the forest grow, if it please thee,"
11. "When the moon is lit in the Eastern Sky, and I slowly centering, centering.", "I am the Maiden, I am the Mother, I am the Crone. I am the sea, I am the sky, I am the blood, I am the moon, never alone, never alone, never alone."
12. "I was born in Turkey, 30,000 years ago, I taught the women and the men the things they should know, the patriarchs invaded and I was forced to roam, I am an ancient matriarch a long way from my home. So I escaped to Brittainy, way up in Northern France, I met some Gauls and hairy palms (wtf?) who thought they wore the pants until I had them brought to me, inside my pleasure dome. I am an ancient matriarch a long way from my home."
13. "I drive my car between the white and yellow lines, I know this path and I follow all the signs", "then I heard the blackbirds call from a distant rowan tree", "Oh so, I'll throw my penny in the well."
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