Green Book Of Meditations Volume 6 The Books of Songs - Student ...

“I’ve spent all my life in the study of Nature
And drank deep of life; including the dregs.
I hope that you’ll explore the same paths as I did,
For they’ve taught me well, and I have few regrets.”
“Go gather around you a grove of young Druids,
And tell them the lessons of this world, which are great.
Sisters and brothers, learn of our Earth-Mother,
Please, share Her wild wisdom before it’s too late.”
“Get six brawny young lads to construct my grave mound;
Get six witty young lasses to sing me a song.
For when I come back, it’ll be my turn to bury them.
I’ll visit the next world, but I won’t stay there long.”
“Go bring me a cup, a cup of warm whiskey;
Those bright waters-of-life,” the old druid said.
Before I had returned, the spirits had left her.
And gone to the far west - the Druid was dead.
We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly;
And solemnly piped as we bore her along.
For all loved our comrade, so brave, wise, and gentle.
We all loved that Druid and still sing her songs.
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Bardic Salvo #2: Nov. 14 th , 2001
Only Yew!
Filked by Patrick Haneke, Akita Grove
Year 2001. For the Public Domain.
Original “Only You” By the Platters
See http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/onlyyou.htm for music
file. Excellent Yew article
http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/oldyews.htm
Spoken Intro by William Watson:
Old emperor Yew, fantastic sire,
Girt with thy guard of dotard kings
What ages hast thou seen retire
Into the dusk of alien things?
“Start doo-wopping”
Only yew is found near every church.
Only yew will neither lean nor lurch.
It grows a hard, tight grain,
Makes bow staves both straight and true.
It fills my heart with awe for only yew
Only yew can live o’er four thousand years
Only yew can outlast our worst fears.
Only yew and yew alone
Laughs at the passage of time.
Whose name is famed and so easy to rhyme
Only yew can guard the graves at night.
Only yew’s leaves can kill with just one bite.
I understand the magic that you do
Making dreams come true.
Yes! The one and only yew.
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Sitting on the Hill of Three Oaks
By Mairi Ceolmhor, D.C. Grove, Nov. 2001
For the Public Domain (whether they want it or not!)
Dedicated to Sister Sine, for dragging me out there onto the Hill
in 1992.
Recorded by: Ottis Redding, 1960s
http://www.duchessathome.com/music/dockofthebay.html
Sitting in the evening sun
I'll be sitting when the morning comes
Watching the fires burn down,
Then I pile on the dry logs again,
yeah I'm...
{Refrain}
Sitting on the Hill of Three Oaks
Watching the stars spin around
I'm just sitting on the Hill of Three Oaks
Vigiling time
I left my home in New York
Headed for Minnesota
'Cause I need beliefs to live by
And looks like the Earth’s gonna be my Ma.
So I'm just...
{Refrain}
Sitting on the Hill of Three Oaks
Watching the stars spin around
I'm just sitting on the Hill of Three Oaks
Vigiling time
Look like my life’s gonna change
And yet seems to remain the same
I won't believe what people tell me to do
So I guess I'll play my own game.
Yes, I'm sittin' here burning some wood
And this loneliness will do me some good
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this hill my home
Now, I'm just...
{Refrain}
Sitting on the Hill of Three Oaks
Watching the stars spin around
I'm just sitting on the Hill of Three Oaks
Vigiling time
{Whistle}
BACK IN THE OLD GROVE AGAIN
By Mairi Ceolmhor, D.C. Grove, 2001
For Public Domain
Dedicated to Mike for taking me with him on his last trip.
Apologies to Gene Autry; “Back in the Saddle Again”
I'm back in the old grove again
Out where a friend is a friend
Where we camp out every night
Where the only law is "right"
I'm back in the old grove again