{"id":333,"date":"2009-08-05T15:35:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2009\/08\/a-lammas-song.html"},"modified":"2009-08-05T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T15:35:13","slug":"a-lammas-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2009\/08\/a-lammas-song.html","title":{"rendered":"A Lammas Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Lammas ritual was the best I have attended in years.  Among its many charms was a song we sang: The Harvest, by Rick Hamouris<\/a>.  It really captures the spirit of the time for me, and I pass it along.

<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\nChorus:<\/b><\/p>\n

\nSo the Sun King dies, as the corn and the wheat
\nFeel the cool, steel scythe of the harvest
\nFilled with joy we weep, for the love known and missed
\nAs we reap the seeds we have sown.
\n——-<\/p>\n

                            
\nI.<\/p>\n

Gather the crop we so carefully have tended
\nSee how soon the basket fills
\nAnd from season to season the days ever turn
\nOn the wheel of the year
\n(Chorus:)<\/p>\n

                            
\nII. <\/p>\n

Blindness and sight on the balance of the hour
\nOnly twice the circle brings
\nFeed your soul on the power only healing can supply
\nAs the pendulum swings
\n(chorus:)<\/p>\n

                            
\nIII.<\/p>\n

Soon comes the frost and the solitude of winter
\nTrust in the promise of the spring
\nGuard the seeds we must carry, hold thm close to your heart
\nTill the warming of the star
\nBe the steward that you are
\n(Chorus:)<\/p>\n

“The Harvest” is from “Welcome to Annwyfn”<\/i> by Deborah and Rick Hamouris, and Friends; copyright 1996, Nemeton \n<\/p>\n

You can hear  some of it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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