Oh Blessed Beltane. Oh blessed be.

 

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Oh Blessed Beltane 

Oh blessed be

(A lone voice sings)

Oh Blessed Beltane

Oh blessed be

Tonight the Queen of the Fairies

Áine 

Appears on her white charger

To enchant and tempt all who wish to follow her 

In her white suit of armor 

To Faeryland

The Fairy Queen who comes 

Rides in front for all the anointed to see

Gowned in green silk and a halo of light 

Eyes aglow like woodland groves 

Where no one only kin

Dare follow 

For only they know 

So if you see or feel a gust of wind 

And hear the golden bells

Ring

Which hang from the black leather harnesses 

Of the Fairy Queen's steed

As they joyously sing

It might be best to lay in the woodland hides 

And you she may pass

Or you could follow 

As she rides

For the Fairy Folk on Beltane

Tonight they raid

For here comes the Wild Riders From the across the Shee

So light up all the yellow hay

Like bright beacons 

On Bridles Way

And ring those golden bells and yell

To guide the Named few

To cross the Fairy folk's fells

In this year

Let the Beltane fires burn 

And the Maypole dances come alive

So many can sing dance and pray

Until the dawn cockerel screams 

To break her Beltane spell 

As Summer announces 

The start of a brand new day

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

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