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(A lone voice sings)
Oh blessed be
Tonight the Queen of the Fairies
Áine
Appears on her white charger
To enchant and tempt all
Who wishes to follow
In her white suit of armor
To Faeryland
The Sacred Green Hollow
The Fairy Queen who comes
Rides in front
For all
Anointed to see
Gowned in green silk and
Halo of light
Eyes a glow
Like woodland groves
Where no one only kin
Dare follow
Only they
Who knows
So if you see
Or feel a gust of wind
Hear golden bells ring
Which hang from black leather harnesses
Of the Fairy Queen's
Steed
As they joyously sing
It might be best
To lay in woodland hides
And you she may pass by
Or you could follow
As she rides
For the Fairy Folks on Beltane
Tonight they raid
For here comes
Wild Riders from across the Shee
So light up all yellow hay
Like bright beacons on Bridles Way
And ring those golden bells and yell
To guide the Named few
To cross Fairy folk's Fells
In this year
Of 2023
Let Beltane fires
Free
To burn and Maypole dances
Come alive
So many can sing
Dance and pray
Until the dawn cockerel screams
To break her Beltane spell
As Summer announces
Start of new day
As sun dies
Over Greenfell's Way
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
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