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Samhain song

by Nimue Brown

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In Celtic tradition, the 31st of October is a time when the veil between the worlds is thin and we may reconnect with our ancestors

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Set a place at the table
With food and drink aplenty
An extra cup, an extra plate
for the dead but not forgotten.

The night has come for walking as the dead they move among us
Come through the veil of passing years to stand with us awhile.
There's lights upon the window ledge to welcome and to guide them,
A brief time to remember those who've passed along the way.

Rising form the shadows a friend who drowned a year before
And moving to the window ledge, my grandfather's tall shade
I see the smoke that circled him, I hew this footsteps, speak his name,
Hail to you upon this night, for a time you are returned.

we leave the room in whispers, retreat up to a darkened bed
A light shines in the kitchen, to guide the feasting of our dead
this night they return to see people and places dear and dreamed
To gather and to sit awhile in the land of the quick and living.

When I pass from amongst you I pledge to you I will return
I'll stand with you at Samhain, I'll watch you live and love and learn.
Keep my place beside the fire, I will come to sit again
Keep my memory in your heart and I will not forsake you.

So light up your lantern bright and set your pumpkins glowing
To ward away the darkest hours, and guide your loved ones home.
I will return to you as long as seasons keep on turning,
All hallows eve will call me and I will rise again.

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released October 30, 2014

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Nimue Brown Stroud, UK

Druid, author, daydreamer. Living in Gloucestershire, sitting with the dead, imagining better ways of living.

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