Heather Alexander

Don't tell a Gypsy she has no home For the land is mine where ever I roam. To a single place I need not return For a Gypsy's home is where the heart will burn. For the road is wide and the sky is tall And before I die I will see it all Yes, the road is wide a...

The firebird knows your anger And the firebird feels your fear; For your passions will attract her And your feelings draw her near. But hate and fear and fury Only make her flame and fly. You must rule your heart, magician, Or by her bright wings you di...

For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam Ten thousand miles I traveled Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes For to save her shoes from gravel Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny For they all go bare and they live by the air And they want no drink nor...

Two horses trails within the grass, a gypsy man and his bonny wee lass, They're heading for the Hedgeford Pass 'Tis none but the Black Jack Davy! The moon light glistens like his grin, The lass lays back and she welcomes him in, For to love this way coul...

I am he that knocks on your windowpane, I am he that stalks the night I am he with silver shot through my mane, You'll dream of me with fire-eyes bright If you ever meet me standing there, You'll wish that you were never born I'll seize your soul and strip it...

Pulse of passion, heart of truth Soul of old, blood of youth Strength that's born from pain's adrenaline Summons out what lies within The moon is high The night is young The voices cry The song is sung Blood and body are one Smoke and darkness, gasp of air E...

My hand to yours Let out spirits run free Let our souls intermingle For brothers of blood are we. My life for your own Your truth for my lie When we walk we are one And thus together we'll die. Hail to four quarters of the earth To the four winds of the sea...

Within the town of Sutter Down, there is a tavern tale-- You never do think you to take a small drink you of Brannigan's Special Ale-- Start seein' things real funny, and given half a chance, Start swirling around and you'll then tumble down and the mice on yo...

How blithe, was I, each morn tae see My lassie come o'er yon hill She leapt the burn and she ran tae me I met her wi' good will. O the broom, the bonnie, bonnie broom The broom o' the Cowdenknowes Fain would I be in my ain country Guardin' her father's yowes...

Monday mornin' standin' on the corner, pardon me if we're getting in your way We'll tip our hats, be you native here or foreigner, drop a coin if you're likin' what we play Singin' hey diddle dee answer me this riddle, Hey diddle do tell me what you will, Dan...

Close your eyes, forget your every care, Picture faerie castles in the air Magic is in store for you, You may find your dreams come true, When you wake your wishes may be there. 

Come my Lady, oh, my Lady Come my Lady, oh, my Lady Come now unto me I'm asking of thee To lay with your Lord As Cauldron and Sword The time it has come For fire and drum The season shall start With lust from the heart The heat, it does rise I see with your...

I walked out one balmy summer day a beautiful lady soon appeared in my way I met her eye, my heart began to fly and this is what I heard the lass to say Remember, remember of me, will you only Come with me sir, take my hand walk by the sea through the sparkli...

I looked across the battlefield, Blood seeping from my wounds- My comrades, they did never yield, For courage knows no bounds- And yet, I thought as I stood there, Of all that it had cost- For what we gained, it seemed not fair , For all that we had lost- The...

I am a creature of the wood Forsaken in my solitude My song is pleasure and is pain My song can drive a man insane So come with me, my pipes I'll play And we will dance 'til break of day I shall be thy lover I've been alive since time began Not beast, not God...

Out in the wood, there's a band of small Faeries, if you walk unwary at night-- They're laughing and drinking, and soon you'll be thinking, that you'd come to join in their light-- If they see you, you know they'll entreat you, to come and join in their small...

Antlers clash.Horse whips sting. Shiny sleigh bells' piercing ring. Flanks half numb from the arctic cold. Muscles strain with weight untold. Midnight run with flame-red nose. Climb to where the jet stream flows. Half a billion girls and boys. How many...

So there you are, hiding just behind my eye Another scar, breath of a death, you will never die Fresh drawn blood upon your cheek Confrontation’s all you seek Passion rampant, hatred wild, Defender of the child Another friend, this means that the blood will...

Short is the span of the mortal heart Long is the length of grieving Deep is the wound only time can heal Shallow, the words of comforting Sharp is the pain of the parting of souls Dull is the mind of it's needing Cool is the touch of Death's merciless hand H...

Along a road in Hardorn, the place called Stony Tor A fearful band of farmers flees Karsite Border war. A frightened band of farmers, their children, and their wives, Seek refuge from a tyrant, who wants more than just their lives. Now up rides Herald Vanyel....

I can't cleanse my soul From the truth we cannot hide From this battle won, and blood dried stain I cannot stay by your side For to cross this bridge I must pay it's toll You will have to let me go With the price of pain Knowing all that I now know I must tak...

Don't call my name in battle - it's not wise Do not distract me when you see a new soul in these eyes. For when the War God fills this flesh I wear, I am no more your friend, I am the spirit of the bear. Don't call my name in battle - stand away For I w...

Earth Spirit feed our clan; Swift red dear for crimson mead. Air Spirit where you go, Teach us from beneath the green. Fire Spirit lightning's power; essence of our shaman's soul- Water Spirit in the earth, Sent by Gods to cleanse and heal. Wind Spirit...

A woman had a baby boy She loved him much and he gave her joy The wee folk came and on a whim They took the boy away with them Eggs and crumbs and milk and grain Bring my baby back again And in his place they left, instead A changeling sleeping in his bed Th...

One wintry night a wondrous sight I met while riding back Returning from a céilidh, with me fiddle in me pack My horse, he stopped quite suddenly, his ears began to twitch He bucked and threw me, pack and all, into a nearby ditch I tried to rise, but then my...

I can feel your heart burning With tears that you hide I will walk without turning Ever close by your side I will guard you at night And alert you to harm And will snuggle up tight Just to keep us both warm Lay your hand on my head As the firelight dies And b...

The sun comes up and it starts the day So I grab a cup of my favourite tay And I cross the creek where the crawdads play in their watery home The weasel whistles and the herons hum And the pixie pirouettes upon my thumb So I know that the day has finally come...

Hearken unto me Fire on the sea Raise the cry and give the horn a call Countrymen beware Danger's in the air Evil comes--our village will be falling Demons walk the shore Soon there will be more They will ravage all that we can build Dragons sail the tide The...

You gave me all that I would need, And made my wishes true-- And every night to me you'd plead, And I decline to you-- You'd stand there pale and acrid eyed, Yet softly say good night, Turn and walk once more denied, And so would fade the light The blue rose...

My home used to be on a far away shore (Sit ye down, laddie, and tell us your tale) I fear now forever I'll see it no more (Fresh hops and hemp truly make a good ale) I serve under masters not cruel but not kind (Sit ye down, laddie, and tell us your tale) Of...

Green are the hills of the land I call home, Far across the sea, And green are the eyes of my one true love, Who was cruelly torn from me. Red is the sand of the land I now roam, In the heat of the day, And red was the blood that was spilled from her wo...

Deep within the forest dark Lies a beast with baleful bark Feasting on a infant's soul Cross its path and pay the toll Aire! Gruagach! Aire! Gruagach! Pass not through the village gate Sun has set and day is late If you walk alone at night You meet black and...

Gypsy bardic tinker people, Singing all night in the church's steeple They build a fire on the chapel lawn, Dance around 'til the crack of dawn, When the mists are parted then you'll find them gone Those gypsy bardic tinker people Some folk say they're all de...

Bite of spring, little kiss of rain, Nature sings with her wild refrain, Heed the call of the old town crier, "I've just seen the first gypsy fire!" 'Round and 'round, higher and higher, Spirits bound by a wild desire, Let it raze the very town entire, All ab...

Hap'n Frog in the summer rain, munchin' on flies and he can't complain- Callin' "Mr. Raccoon are you still there?" and he's answered back by the tortoise and hare- Singin' "Hey, hey, what do you say? Let's all dance on a summer's day!" "Hey, hey, what do you...

Hap'n' Frog sittin on the road, Lookin' just like any other toad- Bright lights flash from way off far, Little does he know it's a moving car- He jumps aside, it's not too late, He won't be part of the interstate- Touches ground and sounds his cry, "HOW MANY O...

A snap's within the summer wind, It teases at the air With warming glow on fields below The harvest season's here Soon leaves shall yield a brilliant shield Of copper, gold and bronze And rivers strain 'gainst summer rain As daylight later dawns Come...

Old memories are unfaithful things, they bind the strongest will The frightened boy I used to be, comes back to haunt me still. It's hard to be born different a stranger in you home To know that you may always have to face the world alone. Oh, Hawk Brother, s...

Come to me, Lord and Lady Heal this spirit, heal this soul Come to me, Lord and Lady Mind and body shall be whole Beast of the burning sunlight Sear the wound tha pain my cease Mistress of watery midnight Hold us fast and bring us peace 

I roved out on a bright May morn, So calm and clear was the weather I chanced to roam some miles from home, Among the beautiful blooming heather, And it's heather on the moor, over the heather, Over the moor and among the heather And it's heather on the moor....

I pledge this day my sword, my heart to build and help preserve; Although I'm if my life apart from those that I must serve. The laws of truth I will obey in every thought and deed, Stand fast while others turn away, upon The Herald's Creed. I vow to heal the...

Look ahead, look astern, look the weather and the lee, Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we I see a wreck to windward and a lofty ship to lee A-sailin' down along the coast of High Barbary "Are you a privateer, or a man-of-war cried we?" "I am a lusty pirate...

I can't cleanse my soul Of this battle-won and blood dried stain For to cross this bridge I must pay it's toll With the price of pain I must take what comes And defy despair's dark evil wraith For until I hear of my enemy's drums I must keep my faith Will it...

Let me tell a tale of my father's kin For his blood runs through my veins No man's been born that could best John Barleycorn For he's suffered many pains He's suffered many pains We've buried him well beneath the ground And they've covered over his head...

Let never a man a-wooing wend that lacketh thing's o' three: A store of gold, an open heart, and full of charity And this was said of King Henry, as he lay quite alone For he's taken him to a haunted hall, seven miles from the town O, he has driven him deer b...

Who are you, he said, to the woman before his eyes I did not see you coming, and so I'm quite surprised To find that I can see the sky, looking through your eyes I cam across the void, said she, Yes, I'm a stranger here And I have need this moment,...

Throughout every city within every town There is always a strange man that roves up and down As the sky tumbles over and the cold nips your ear The wind that he conjures let's you know he's here He'll steal all the flowers and hide from the sun And he'll give...

Darkness hangin' in the sky in the morn Moonlight dyin' as the sun is reborn Crops are swayin' in an island of green Hemp and teth and corn in between Cut her low Swing her 'round Iron wire tightly bound Thresh the teff by the morning lark Lie in her arms in...

Laydies bryng your flowers faire Fresh as the morning dew Virgin white and through the night I will make sweet love to you The petals soon grow soft and fall Upon which we may rest With gentle sigh, I'll softly lie My head upon your breast And dreams like ma...

One dark and stormy night, a fledgling fell from flight, into a falconer's arms-- Though dead it seemed to be, the falconer could not see, any wound to cause such harms-- The falconer bound it 'round, and laid it on the ground, then went and built a funeral p...

Life's wheel turn again Life's wheel turn again Come full 'round, come full 'round Winter, Summer, Spring and Fall Magic lives in one and all Come full 'round, come full 'round (spring) Life's wheel turn again Life's wheel turn again Come full 'round, come fu...

How great is the need for the toys of mankind? If you learn how to feed from the joys you can find When a smile and a wink and a snippet of song Is good trade for a drink and a place to belong What gift can I find in return for this prize? All the genuine kin...

Along the midnight road they ran Along the broad and gleaming span Five gallant steeds of noble pride, Not gold, but life, hung on their ride. Beneath Gunnora's golden light Six horses raced into the night Against the dark and fearsome knight The Dark Light!...

Every year Companions Choose, as they have done before, The Chosen come with shining hopes to learn the Herald's lore. And every year the Heralds sigh, and give the same advice- "All those who would hold Magic's Power must then pay Magic's Price." Oh there wa...

Come Lady, play with me All of the day with me Let me come lay with thee Maiden of spring Please let me dance with thee Gambol and prance with thee Let this romancing be Our song to sing I will adorn with you Flowers new-born with you 'til we have worn them t...

Axes flash, broadsword swing, Shining armour's piercing ring Horses run with polished shield, Fight Those Bastards till They Yield Midnight mare and blood red roan, Fight to Keep this Land Your Own Sound the horn and call the cry, How Many of Them Can We Make...

Cool breeze, sheltering trees, Deep within the glen-- All around, sound, on the ground, Footsteps fall of little men-- Now look wise, in my eyes, Tell me what you see, Too right! By fate! You belong to me! Your wit slipped a bit, words have gone too far-- Now...

My Lady's eyes are like the skies A soft and sunlit blue No other fair could half compare In sweet midsummer hue My Lady's eyes cannot disguise Her tender, gentle heart She cannot feign, she feels my pain Whenever we must part Now while I live I needs must gi...

Once we all were children, and so it was we played But then you all grew up and as adults you went away And I was left alone here just as it used to be No one but the Lost Boys, Tinkerbell, and me So I flew around the moon three times and caught a falling sta...

Here I stand, a free man I Finding it too hard to lie Your regard pleads me to stay Yet still I must make my way God has answered my one plea I will walk forever free We must part, heart to heart Though still we will always be CHORUS: Rock and water, fish and...

They come creeping our of darkness, and to darkness they return. In their wake they leave destruction; where they go, no one can learn For they leave no trace in passing, as if all who watched were blind Like a dream of evil sending, Nightblades passing, night...

The Old Man from the Barrow came to sing for me last night. He stood outside my window when the moon was full and bright. His face was hard as diamond; his eyes were cold as ice. His voice was like a bond that gripped me in a vise. And he sang to me-- of the...

Within the hill, the hollow hill The night wind seems to moan For empty stands the Elvin hall And I dwelt here alone Alone to wait, alone to watch The weary seasons pass To watch all magic fade away As fragile as spun glass I would not battle for mys...

The swirling of dresses, the scuffing of shoes- "Should my hair be in tresses?" "What tie do I choose?"- As the hall fills with dancers, and the strings start to sound- We will take that first step, and we won't touch the ground- For there's only the...

Pour your brother one more round Pick each other off the ground Let another chorus sound Pour your brother another round Draw another draught for me Drink 'til I'm too blind to see This one's done, pray, get me three! Draw another draught for me Pour...

As a child he asked of me Offerings of flowers And through the years I worshipped him He granted me his powers But new Gods have gained prominence And so his power wanes Lest I provide the offerings Of blood as he ordains For thirty days I left his shrine The...

Hey little ragged man, Tell me where you're going? The twilight hours are long over And the winter winds are blowing Do you have a secret That keeps you set apart? Or are you just a victim Of someone's hardened heart? Hey little ragged man Are you heading ho...

Faded is the dark of night, And dawn awaits to rise-- Stars with their enchanted light, Turn misty in the skies, A parting glass, a last farewell, A smile to light my way-- Before the sunlight casts it's spell, That changes night to day-- Come raise a glass...

Hickory, birch and willow Oak, ash, and thorn Holly, hazel, rowan Are the nine where the flame is born Those of you who gather here Bear wounds that never healed Festered and forgotten Blood stained and congealed Souls with horrid secrets Bodies that can't fe...

As the sun bleeds through the murk 'Tis the last day we shall work For the veil is thin and the spirit wild And the crone is carrying harvest's child Samhain turn away Run ye back to the light of day Samhain hope and pray All ye meet are the gentle Fae Burn...

Would you then offend me, sir? I'll stand on minstrel's right. May your bright blade blind you, may you see not where it falls. May your heart beat fill your ears and hear you not the rescue's call. May every briar bind you and fling you to your knees. And...

Shadow-Lover, never seen by day, Only deep in dreams do you appear Wisdom tells me I should turn away, Love of mist and shadows, all unclear- Nothing can I hold of you but thought Shadow-Lover mist and twilight wrought. Shadow-Lover, comfort me in pain. Love,...

It was just a week till Sovven, and the nights were turning chill And the battle turned to stalemate, double-bluff, and feint and drill When a shadow drifted northward, just a shadow, nothing more. No one noticed that the shadows grew all darker that before. N...

Land of dreams, cloaked in grey, Rise again at dawn of day-- Thy new birth has come to pass, Land of dreams, now shattered glass-- Thou hast survived we know not how, None to care for thee till now-- None came by save to harass, Broken land of shattered glass...

Smoke fills the room, with castles in the air-- I weave them all upon a silver loom, look up if you dare-- I wonder where I'm going, And where I belong, What this plastic world can offer me-- The only truth I understand, Is that within my song, And i...

His Lordship called me away from the plough To fight some war, never mind where or how, I did as he bade, and just look at me now, That's what I got as a soldier. I wore his colors and learned how to fight, To follow orders by day and by night, And neve...

How dare you come to my home And steal so savagely What we would gladly give for free If you were to ask? By suns, the audacity To seize me for your own And drag me off to hills unknown As part of your prize Yet when I meet your stare I feel something there...

What once has been For good or ill Brought by thy wish Or by thy will Is now set free And what shall be Is set by me And my word still All that was mine In your control Reverts to me Whilst you pay toll The bond shall break The law unmake For back I take All...

Way, hey, listen to me play Won't you throw but a shilling, Or a copper, my way? Tales of life, love, sorrow and joy Are the songs that are sung By the stable boy Well, I dream of the life Of a bard on the road, Yet, the wages they pay Would scarcely feed the...

On a bright Beltain morning, I rise from my sleep, And softly go walking where the dark is yet deep-- And the tall eastern mountain, with it's stretch to the sky, Casts a luminous shadow where my true love doth lie-- I follow that shadow to where morning dew...

Where dips the rocky highland of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island where flapping herons wake The drowsy water-rats. There we've hid our fairy vats full of berries, And of reddest stolen cherries. Come away, O, human child! To the woods and wa...

The greenwood sighs and shudders, the westwind wails and mutters Grey clouds crawl across the sky, the moon hides her face as the sunlight dies And mankind soon shall realize the bringer of storms walks tonight No mortal dare to meet the glare of the Eye of t...

I spin tales each day of this world full of wonder I hear people say, "You can harvest the plunder" But as I reach out with a trembling hand All the gold coins just turn into sand I feel very weary, my temper is biting I know I've grown leery and tired of the...

Kyrie Eleison Maiden, Mother, Crone of Host Kyrie Eleison Father, Son and Holy Ghost Kyrie Eleison Wind and Lightning, Rain and Moss Kyrie Eleison Sword and Staff, Cauldron and Cross 

ZULUS: Blood is rich War is power Fight for the glory Live for the hour Dreams are dust Fate is sealed Win for the day Or die on the field IRISH: Rally up, laddies, and fight for your freedom We'll cut down the enemy forces and then Darkness will fade as our...

When the night turns lonely, I think of you only As I'm rocked on waves of the storm Your arms around me, your charms astound me You kiss is keeping me warm I've heard the cry from the crow's nest, high That we're homeward bound straight and true Just a few mo...

Young Vanyel once awakened from, a dream of death and fear. If he should choose to be a mage, his doom would then draw near, Of future filled with suffering was all that he could see And so he made a choice to leave k'Treva there then flee. Into the winter's b...

There was an old couple who lived near Hell If they're not dead, they're living there still The Devil, he came to the man at the plough, "I've come for one of your family now" Whack fol day, fol lickety, fol la dol day "Which of my family do you like best?"...

I woke up one morning, To a crystal castle, all alone-- Looked outside, and there lay before me A garden of dreams all my own-- Barefoot I walked by it's sparkling stream, Smiled to the fish swimming there-- Said "Hello" to the frog on his rock, Flew with the...

Gather round, my friends, to me Advice I have for you It stems from my experience And I swear that it is true We're all meant for adventure, There's paths where we must go In light of my last journey, There are some things You need to know All of us are tempt...

Away with the buff and the blue, and away with the cap and feather I want to see my lass who lives in Hexhamshire. Over the Sabie Syke and over the moss and the mire I want to see my lass who lives in Hexhamshire Her father loves her well, and her mother lov...

Sound the horn loudly, call the hounds! We will ride proudly through hunting grounds Who shall win? Blessed stag, or mortal kin? Fast through the winding woods we go Flash of a tail within the wood For the stag is swift and the stag is fleet And he hears the...

In Wellington town at the sign of the plough There lived a molecatcher, shall I tell you now? He had a young wife, she was buxom and gay, And she and another young farmer did play Lo til lie day, lo til lie little, li lo til lie day Well, the farmer he knock...

Sleep of the Earth of the land of Faerie Deep is the lore of Cnuic na Sidhe Hail be to they of the Forest Gentry Pale, dark spirits, help us free White is the dust of the state of dreaming Light is the mixture to make one still Dark is the powder of Death's re...

Oh, I have walked the pattern through the shadows and the thunder From the shadow worlds to amber where my life was pulled asunder But my life's no less confusing now then it had been before And I cannot tell who's with me, or against me, anymore My...

The whistling gypsy's come over the hill Down by the river so shady, He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang, 'Cause he won the heart of a lady. Ow-de-do, ow-de-do-da-day, Ow-de-do, ow-de-da-ay He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang, 'Cause...

Love me one more time, Make this night last forever, For on the morrow, I leave for battle- I may survive, And I shall return to you, But come the morrow, I leave for battle- (chorus) And if I die, just remember I love you, And you'll always be mine...

As I went a-walking all alane, I heard twa corbies makin' mane; The tane unto the tither did say-o, "Where sall we gang an' dine the day-o?" "In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain knight; An' naebody kens that he lies there-o But his hawk...

Oo, let the wind fill your sail, oo, good weather to you prevail Thus call all the Voices of the Sea, to which whose spell not a sailor can be free The ship was called the Golden Swan, when it came to port not a man was on, and none knew where they'd gone The...

A mage rode forth from Karse one day, a-fleeing for his life He bore his staff beside his ancient sword and jeweled knife. He made a camp with in a grove where much to his surprise, A drift upon a sea of mist he saw a thousand eyes. Eyes, white unblinking eye...

My time is up and the ship bell chimes So raise the cup and think betimes Of this poor sailor 'pon the sea Whose passing is but memory 'Tis not that I would have you think Of this but as a friendly drink For with my heart I loved you truly Though I'm forced t...

Eastern sun, Southern fire, Western rain, Northern star: Circled within, Kith unto kin, We are bound. Walk we now through this glade, As our ancestor made. Here lies revealed Our truths concealed: We are bound. Sea and stone Salt and loam Hearth and home In...

Web of Power, Web of Light raised by magic's hand, From a node of ancient fire far beneath the land. Called by forces strong and sure to this final test. Joining Heralds North and south with those from east to west. Challenge not this Web of Light, oh mage of...

Ride with the wind Through the fields and the trees 'oer the hills with your kin 'til you can't feel your knees on a steed that won't hear though you wail and you cry for your reins will not steer and you never will die! Come and ride! Come and ride! Mystifie...

Windrider, fettered, imprisoned, and pinioned, Wing-clipped by magic, his power full drained , Valdemar's Heir is defeated and captive, With his Companion by Darklord enchained. Darklord of shadows his fetters is weaving, Binds him in darkness as deep as desp...

Wolfen one, You are my midday moon and I, your midnight sun-- Wolfen one, Our journey's at an end but life has just begun-- When first we met, I thought That what I felt could not be true-- But through the sharing of our hearts There now is one where there wa...

Oh a father and son, they were bonded as one But the heart of the family soon tore For out sounded the call, to one and to all That the king and the land went to war Oh, the laddie he cried, but his father denied To bring the young soldier along "For your mig...