Pagans, One and All

Tune:  "Masters in This Hall"

words by Willow Firesong

Verse 1:

Pagans one and all

Hear what I do say

Words from deep within

And ever I you pray

Chorus:

Hail hail hail to the Earth below

Mother of all life upon her, and the source of all we know

Hail hail hail to the Sun above

Our Lord the Sun is born again, the source of Light and Love

Verse 2:

Born again at Solstice,

the Sun God rules the Winter Skies;

His Consort, Earth our Mother;

The Year between them flies.

Chorus

Verse 3:

Through the days of Springtime

The Sun God grows apace

Turning to Her flowers

A gentle, smiling face.

Chorus

Verse 4:

Come the May and Beltaine,

The Sun God gains the Lady's Love.

Her mantle green with courting;

His fullness reigns above.

Chorus

Verse 5:

Through the blaze of Summer,

The Sun God burns his fiercest then

His pride is in his Lover;

The growth she shows within.

Chorus

Verse 6:

Come the time of First Fruits

The Sun God then his strength has spent

The essence of his being

Flows forth, as through a rent.

Chorus

Verse 7:

Then begins the Autumn,

His Mother, Night, weeps out her rains

And taking him within her,

The cycle starts again.

Chorus

Verse 8:

With laughter and with feasting

Through the growing Winter's night

The Lady grows to Solstice,

The rebirth of the Light.

Chorus

Verse 9:

Watch her swelling belly

As Night spreads through the skies

The Lady of the Winter,

The Moon between her thighs.

Chorus

Verse 10:

Caught between the uprights,

See the shining Solstice star.

The Hinge-pin of the Winter,

Now push the door ajar!

Chorus

Verse 11:

Through the Lady's Labors

On this longest Winter's Night

Comes the Growing Sun God

The rebirth of the Light!

Chorus

Verse 12:

Dark the night has gripped us

Through the building Winter's Cold

So round the fires we gather

As in days of old.

Chorus

Verse 13:

From the crackling fire

Watch the sparks leap to the sky

Conjuring the Sun King

To once again ride high

Chorus

Verse 14:

In the deep Midwinter

Through the frozen snow

Comes the Sun reborn

To set the skies aglow

Chorus

Verse 15:

So in the depths of Darkness

Observe the Shining Solstice Star

That marks the depths of Winter

Means Springtime won't be far.