Faerie Fire Words by Marc Block, music Trad. (Our Meeting is Over, Roud 5716).
To the tune of an Appalachian hymn taught to me by James Fagan, this was the song-to-order that I offered at my first Faerie auction. The buyer, The Lady, wanted a song about the experience of a Gathering, and it took me several more Gatherings before I found the right inspiration for this.
lyrics
Faeries we are gathering together, Faeries we are here
Hail and welcome all to revel in the lights and shades of queer
For wherever we Faeries are gathering, we make faerie space
Wherein we may open our hearts and fill with healing grace
And we burn faerie fire
Drum and chant by the fire
And we dance by the fire
And we love by the fire
We hold hands in circle together, calling each our names
Joyful freaks, hags, fags and drag kings, wizards, queens and dames
Shamans, trans*, Pans, polys and poets, storytellers and sprites
Healers, weavers, dreamers, magic-makers in pink tights
Joining hands in casting a circle, all our names we speak
Breathing our intentions alight in stating what we seek
Open hearts and open minds with no reproof we share
Tuning into all we are feeling, showing how we care
Sometimes we’re as bees to a honey pot, sometimes we’re lone wolves
Sharing love with affection warm, or keeping to ourselves
Here we can be truly who we are, our freedom flows like wine
Pouring forth in rainbow hues, our souls brightly shine
Faeries when our gathering is over, faeries we must part
Until we are gathering again, I’ll keep you in my heart
Though we must return to the concrete world in which we dwell
We can still hold fire in our hearts and faerie stories tell
And we burn faerie fire
In our hearts, faerie fire
And we burn faerie fire
In our hearts, faerie fire
credits
from Faerie Fire Dances,
released October 28, 2020
Drone Vocal: Sheila Chandra (Pure Drone 7, from Pure Drones Vol. 1, by Sheila Chandra and the Ganges Orchestra).
Djembe: Shokti, Debra Cadabra, Tom A Wright, Marc.
Chorus Vocals: Simon Dumpleton, Doug Eunson, James Fagan, Rowan Franck, Nancy Kerr, Sandra Kerr, Gina Le Faux, Sarah Matthews, Nick Simons, Martin Simpson, Tom A Wright.
Bass, synthesiser: Tom A Wright.
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