Holly Lord

Tonight the west wind blows through the hills bending the wheat Through the bracken over the gorse howling across the peat Elf-fires redden the sky and there's witches on the wind And it's into the darkness of winter we go as the wheel of the seasons spin And on this night Samhain when our fires are burning bright We'll call the Holly Lord to begin our pagan rite We'll come with sprigs of elder and we'll come with leaves of yew As we step out of the old and dance into the new On the hills they'll light the bonfires to burn upon the sacred ground Shadows dance across the flames to the witch bell sound Spirits call with haunted voices from the other side And it's into the darkness and out of the light as the earth turns with the tide And on this night Samhain when our fires are burning bright We'll call the Holly Lord to begin our pagan rite We'll come with sprigs of elder and we'll come with leaves of yew As we step out of the old and dance into the new This night will mark the end and beginning of our year We'll call out to the ones of old to make the future clear Beneath the moon of the elder tree and by the embers glowing red They'll pass into the summer land until the winter's fled And on this night Samhain when our fires are burning bright We'll call the Holly Lord to begin our pagan rite We'll come with sprigs of elder and we'll come with leaves of yew As we step out of the old and dance into the new And deep beneath the earth she'll lie cold and low Waiting for her sister of the spring to show It's farewell to our Oaken Lord and with the Holly bide And it's into the darkness and out of the light as the Earth turns with the tide And on this night Samhain when our fires are burning bright We'll call the Holly Lord to begin our pagan rite We'll come with sprigs of elder and we'll come with leaves of yew As we step out of the old and dance into the new We'll come with sprigs of elder and we'll come with leaves of yew As we step out of the old and dance into the new