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Bardic Circle Featuring Victoria Parks...
Song for Beltaine/Cliffs of Moher
(by Victoria Parks (Cliffs of Moher trad. Jig))
Audience Count: 1,604
  The Story...
Beltaine is fecund, fast and furiously fun, and so is the Song for Beltaine. I wanted to write a tune that was as rich in arrangement as the holiday is with all greening things, richly diverse in its living landscape. Of course, Celtic influence runs deep in this arrangement. I end the tune with an Irish jig that captures the rapid heartbeat of of the Fey Folk who trumpet the call to all life forms to go forth with great vigor!! "The Faery Folk are saying it time to go a-maying!"
Recorded: January 2003, Amerisound Studios, Columbus, OH
Guests/Players: Larry Cook, Mandolin, Guitar; Bernie Nau, Piano; Pat Mogan, Tin Whistle, Bohdran; Liz Mueller, Fiddle; Matthew Abelson, Hammered Dulcimer
Technical Notes: fiddle, piano, bohdran,tin whistle, hammered dulcimer, guitar, mandolin
recorded direct to digital using a Mackie Drive system
Artist Profile: "Victoria Parks is a seasoned performing songwriter, specializing in acoustic Anglo-Celtic Neo-Traditional, humorous, and contemporary ballads. Her soaring voice ranges from deep and rich to lilting and ethereal. Her powerful, timeless lyrics cross cultures and history. She has a special affinity with folklore and historical subjects and has been writing and performing pagan music for the last five years. She is very much a part of the bardic tradition. She is acclaimed for her debut CD Sure Feels Like Home and is about to release her new CD Wild English Rose, a collection of mostly original songs that combine traditional folk and folk styles with Celtic and Pagan traditions. Wild English Rose includes songs that are spindled with faery dust and mystery, along with some great storytelling.
Website: http://victoriaparks.com
Email: Parksongs@aol.com
LINK to the mp3 File: Click HERE
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Song for Beltaine/Cliffs of Moher
(words & music by Victoria Parks (Cliffs of Moher trad. Jig))
he Faery folk are saying
Its time to go aÕMaying!
Hither now for the Jack oÕ the Green
Is wedding to his May Queen!
Danu and Belenos are soon
Handfasted Ôneath a Dyad moon
Hither now for the Jack oÕ the Green
Is wedding to his May Queen!
Greenmen grin through greening growth
As witness to their sacred oath
Hither now for the Jack oÕ the Green
Is wedding to his May Queen!
Fern fiddles played by Faery folk
As the fire of Bel we stoke!
The Faery folk are saying
Its time to go aÕMaying!
Let us don our floral crown
Join our hands and dance the round!
The Faery folk are saying
Its time to go aÕMaying!
Ribbons red and white they go
AÕweaving round the Maypole
The Faery folk are saying
Its time to go aÕMaying!
Twatha de Dannan
Welcome back Riahnnon!
The Faery folk are saying
Its time to go aÕMaying!
copyright 2002 Victoria Parks
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