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The Bell
03:36
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there is water under the mountain
her eye is open, her eye is clear
sister find me, sister keep me fed
ring the bell, ring the bell, ring the bell true and clear
come in from the fields, from the wars, ring the bell
men come in from the fields, from the wars, ring the bell
men come in, ring the bell, ring the bell
sister find me, sister keep me fed
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Bread of Life
05:37
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the fields have greened and the blossoming
the fields have greened and the blossoming, blossoming
join our hands together now, here among the fields
feed us feed us bread of life
feed us feed us body of mine
feed us feed us mother water and wine
feed us one more year around
the dead have lain beneath this ground
and they gather us in as we gather all around
gather me in, gather me in
gather us in, gather us in
we come upon ourselves
here among the dead we know
feed us feed us bread of life
feed us feed us body of mine
feed us feed us mother water and wine
feed us one more year around
gather us in, gather us in, gather us in, gather us in
gather us in, gather us in
lift our faces to the sun, gather in the light
feed us feed us bread of life
feed us feed us body of mine
feed us feed us mother water and wine
feed us one more year around
feed us one more year around
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3. |
The Mountain
03:42
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when I’m born they take my eyes, put in two of clay
when I’m old enough they will take my tongue and put in one of stone
you don’t know my name, you call me maiden
it’s a long long way to the mountain
a thousand years have passed and gone
and now our time as come
take off the crown throw it down at her feet
come with me to the mountain X3
the mountain holds us deep inside
under dark and stone
and under all her buried eyes, her heart is waiting
come with me to the mountain X3
and let her take you
and let her make you
as I have been made
as I am made
come with me to the mountain X3
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4. |
The White Crow
01:31
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I saw a white crow on a tree
down down it looked at me
it said my girl lay down your head and sleep, sleep
when I awoke the blood red sun
rise rise in the morning
it said my girl you must me going
the birds they are a crowin’
who do I listen to in these woods
oh, oh, who do I listen to in these woods
I hear my own heart beating
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5. |
Queen of Eyes
04:41
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walk around my body three times
say the words you learned from your father
if you don’t remember, sing sing to me
sing sing to me
lay the roses on my body so that I can find my way
I’m not dying, I’m just sick and sad
and I must go away for a while
in the dark forest where she waits
the queen she wears a long gown of eyes
she eats my body every time
it’s the only way I come back alive
on her waist she wears a silver key
and my ribs meet to make a door
walk around my body three times
eat the roses of my heart
I know you remember the words
they come to you as birds
sing sing to me
sing sing to me
sing sing to me
sing sing to me
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come all you fair and tender maids
who flourish in your prime
beware beware if your garden is fair
let no one steal your thyme
let no one steal your thyme
for when your thyme it is passed and gone
they’ll care no more for you
and every place that your thyme was waste,
will grow all o’er with rue
will grow all o’er with rue
the gardner’s son he was passing by
three flowers he gave to me
the pink the blue and the violet true
and the red red rosy tree, the red red rosy tree
but I refused the red rose bush
and gained the willow tree
that all the world will plainly see
how my love slighted me
how my live slighted me
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7. |
Gentian
04:55
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tell me your name
tell me your lie
tell me the color of my true love’s eye
blue as the sea
blue as the corn
blue as the baby that never will be born
oh, oh
you plant the corn
i’ll call the sheep
in from the hillside where they gather and bleat
gather them in
gather them in
fill me a bale of thistle down
i’ll spin, i’ll spin, i’ll spin until
blue as the sea
blue as your eye
blue as, blue as the day
blue as the day
blue as the deep
cut me a shirt from the fleece of the sheep
cut me the cloth
cut me the blue
and I’ll know, and I’ll know
cut me, and I’ll know
blue grows the gentian on the bank
blue grows the gentian on the bank
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8. |
Bright
05:07
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I am asking all you mothers of mine
where’s the story of your body like mine?
there’s a woman standing waist deep in the sand
and the river around her
there’s gold in her hair and her long fingers
they move the water underneath
her body’s a fish and she moves through the rushes
she says, “oh my daughter, all I had is dead and gone
there’s a cave inside me where the dead will rise up in song
there’s a cave inside me, there’s a light inside me
but I’m gone”
I am asking where goes the wind in darkness
where goes my body when the light’s gone away
I’ve been listening, I’ve been listening
but the silence surrounds me.
The heart yearns for love and the body for home
mine yearns for deeper water still
where your dark souls they are waiting
to cross the river full and bright.
You were buried a long long time ago
they took your tongue they drank your secrets down
and your silver knife they kept it for their own
Oh can you hear me, I am calling
for you, and all of you
We crawl into the laurel again
we cry and cry and cry and cry
and in the silence that comes after
the brightness of
the brightness of the sky
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9. |
October Dance
00:43
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10. |
All The Water
04:50
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They come to me at night
in the dark when I’m asleep
they say, “come away, away and down
away and down”
we go together to the forest
I see her running in the dark
the leaves move behind her as she runs
her feet fall quiet on the ground
the river’s dry I will not cross
she takes my hand and we go in
I know where we are from dreams, I know
the river remembers my name
all the water in my body come through my eyes
all the water in my body come through my eyes
all the water, make a river away and down
all the water in my body come through, come through
the winged ones circle overhead
the night turns round round and round
her body is made of water now
her body is made of eyes
the lady drags the empty bed
the winged ones call, “loo lay ay loo”
she pushes all her fingers down
into the mud loo lay ay loo
all the water in my body come through my eyes
all the water in my body come through my eyes
all the water make a river away and down
all the water, all the water
all the water in my body come through, come through
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11. |
Tones
00:59
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12. |
The Beran
05:32
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the Beran fly low, low and dark
they call in my own tongue, but I don’t speak this language
they are the ones who carry, bear me away
they open up the door
come through
come through
there lies the door to the forest of my heart
green grows the rose and thorn, long and left alone
and when I pass through, I’ll be walking til dawn
the Beran flying with me, they bear the night
their faces are my family, you and you
oh all the lost are found again, here inside the night
I will call them mother, mother dear
oh, mother find me now, find me
she will call her daughter, lily-o
how will I find you in the dark, with all your petals closed?
we must be waiting for the day to come
the day to save us all again, oh my lily-o
we will do as mothers do and sing for our dead
the Beran show me how to spread the salt upon the stone
we weep we sing and lift our hands, open now and open wide
for every sound on every earth
pass through
pass through
Now I will carry my own body
through the swamp and onto dry land
so light in my hands.
I can see the door from the forest of my heart
rose oh rose will bloom again, thorn will bring the blood
and when I pass through, I will greet the dawn
no need to turn back again, I can hear them sing
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13. |
By All The Light
03:02
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we will write a song by all the light that’s left
to carry on our tongues the dying of the day
and through the rising year we’ll bear within our hearts
the flame that we kept going in the quiet of that dark
sing, sing a song of living
through the dying of the day
in shadow of the embers we kept a living light
and cradle in our arms now the fire that will light
make the bed, now I lay me down
bend the branch and bend the bow
willow rock me, the wind will be my mother
and your arms will hold me in the dying of the day
sing, sing a song of living
through the dying of the day
we will write a song by all the light that’s left
to carry on our tongues the dying of the day
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West of Roan Washington
We are multi-media performance artists drawing inspiration from old myths and legends of searching, transformation, death, love, birth. We make puppet shows and sing songs old and new.
www.westofroan.com
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