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Faerie Fire

from Faerie Fire E​.​P. by Marc Block

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To the tune of an Appalachian hymn taught to me by James Fagan, this was the song-to-order that I auctioned at my first Faerie Gathering. The buyer wanted a song about the experience of a Gathering, and it took me several more Gatherings before I found the right inspiration for this.

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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 now 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

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from Faerie Fire E​.​P., released July 20, 2020
Words by Marc Block, music Trad. (Our Meeting is Over, Roud 5716).
©Glasspool Music.

Djembe: Shokti, Debra Cadabra, Marc, Tom A Wright.
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.
Drone Vocal: Sheila Chandra (Pure Drone 7, from Pure Drones Vol. 1, by Sheila Chandra and the Ganges Orchestra).
Bass, synthesiser: Tom A Wright.

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"one of the most exciting singers I've heard in a long, long time" - Mike Harding

“The joy in the singing is totally what I need right now” – Peggy Seeger

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