Credits
Deb Kroehwimwin wrote this song in 2018 as an overview of the theme of our album Seasons, A Pagan Journey Around the Wheel. There’s a verse for each of the Sabbats in the Wiccan year. The opening verse features Deb and Tara. This piece includes the voices of all the singers who were in the Crow Women at the time we made the album. Percussion is by Charlie. Cheryl played guitar and the mandolin solo is by Karola. We Turn the Wheel is track 2 on Seasons, which is available here.
Lyrics
On Imbolc we dress all in white
At Imbolc we dedicate our energy
On Imbolc we join in sacred rite
To cleanse our souls and honor Goddess Brighid
And the wheel turns as the wind blows and the river flows to the sea
Oestara, we hail the coming dawn
And celebrate the spring of life returning
We awaken the earth we dance upon
And frolic with the animals and trees
And the wheel turns as the wind blows and the river flows to the sea
At Beltane we crown the Queen and King
At Beltane we celebrate fertility
Holding hands, we leap the fire ring
To honor sacred Beltane bonds we forge
And the wheel turns as the wind blows and the river flows to the sea
At Litha the sun shines high and bright
Midsummer we celebrate our beauty
We sing all through the shortest night
And sleep in a bed of sweetest flowers
And the wheel turns as the wind blows and the river flows to the sea
At Lughnasa’s first harvest we sing praise
For the bounty and the beauty of our mother’s love
We feel the waning of the days
Begin to lead us back to dark again
And the wheel turns as the wind blows and the river flows to the sea
At Mabon the harvest now is full
At Mabon we gather to the fireside
We feel the turning and the pull
Of another year’s ending and beginning
At Samhain we dance in the dark
At Samhain we embrace the numinous
We fan the cauldron flames from a spark
At Samhain we celebrate the dead
And the wheel turns as the wind blows and the river flows to the sea
When Yule comes we gaze at the fire
At Yuletide we tell the old stories
We sing Yuletide carols with the choir
At Yuletide we celebrate rebirth
And the wheel turns as the wind blows and the river flows to the sea
and the river flows to the sea
music and lyrics © Deborah Ann Taylor Nielsen, ASCAP, 2018
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Blog posts that mention this song
Imbolc and her Cousins
Awakening to Spring!
