From: mcmahan@cup.hp.com (Larry McMahan)
Subject: Re: Palu's Rainbow Songs
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 21:28:00 GMT

There is really great thread going on in alt.gathering.rainbow which
is a series of chants and songs.  I though I would cross-post this one
to alt.pagan since is speaks so well to God and Goddess, and to
alt.magick since it is a good piece of ritual.  Enjoy.

Marcus L. Endicott (mendicott@igc.apc.org) wrote:
: The Earth is Our Mother
:  
: 1)
: The earth is our mother
: We must take care of Her.
: The earth is our mother
: We must take care of Her.
:  
: C 
: h  / Hey-young-a-ho-young-a
: o /  Hey-young-young
: r \  Hey-young-a-ho-young-a
: u  \ Hey-young-young.
: s 
:      Please come alive in this
:        sacred land
:      Please come alive in this
:        sacred land.
:  
: 2)
: The sky is our father
: Take good care of Him.
: The sky is our father
: Take good care of Him.
:  
: (Chorus)
:  
: 3)
: You are our child
: We must take care of you.
: You are our child
: We must take care of you.
:  
: (Chorus)
:  
: 4)
: We breathe with every breath
: With every breath we take.
: We breathe with every breath
: With every breath we take.
:  
: (Chorus)
:  
: American Indian tradition
:  
: Guitar chords Em, C, D
:  
: drum
: rattle
: sticks

Mockingbird - a child of the universe.
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From: brook@crl.com (Brook Schoenfield)
Subject: Re: Palu's Rainbow Songs
Date: 15 Jan 1994 16:05:58 -0800

mcmahan@cup.hp.com (Larry McMahan) writes:
[...]
>: 4)
>: We breathe with every breath
>: With every breath we take.
>: We breathe with every breath
>: With every breath we take.

Lovely verses to this chant that I've never seen before, but we
usually sing this verse like so:

Her sacred ground we walk upon
With every breath we take
Her sacred ground we walk upon
With every breath we take
 
 and the chorus:

Hey nana, ho nana, Hey nan nan 
Hey nana, ho nana, Hey nan nan
 (pronounced with an 'ah' sound)

I love to hear about the lives of chants, and how they change over
time as they move from group to group - they have a life of they're
own (been singing this for 12 years, or more).

Brook Schoenfield: brook@innosys.com brook@crl.com
"..desire cracks open the gates. If you're ready it will take you through.
But nothing lasts forever, time is the destroyer, the wheel turns again and
again, watch out it will take you through."