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 Come, Witches, to the Dance, to the merry Dance!

 Our Lady loves our Lord, O!

 With pipe and drum in Moon and Sun

 For fair Dian and merry Pan

 The old ways are made young, O

 The old ways are made young!

 When midnight fills the sky, my true love and I

 Will cast a circle round, O

 With voices strong in chant and song

 We'll work our will and drink our fill

 And dance the darkness down, O

 And dance the darkness down!

 To the Lady’s Dance of Life

 Her sweet Piper calls

 But if you should stumble

If you should fall

 Rise up to the Rhythm

 That embraces it all

 Come, Witches, to the Dance!

 All hail the Beltane fire! May it well inspire!

 Burn triumphant to the Lady!

 She is crowned this day the Queen of May

 O’er woods and fields Her green sceptre She wields

 The Mother now holds sway, O

 The Mother now holds sway

 Farewell, Our Lady Green! It is Hallowe’en!

 Now the Crone wields Her winter sceptre

 Though old and wise, young are Her eyes

 Though Death She brings, “Rebirth!” She sings

 To all that fades and dies, O

 To all that fades and dies

 To the Lady’s Dance of Life

 Her sweet Piper calls

 But if you should stumble

If you should fall

 Rise up to the Rhythm

 That embraces it all

 Come, Witches, to the Dance!

 Once in the Full Moon’s gleam as I lay in dream

 Came the Lady to my chamber

 In earthly form like woman born

 All Time, all Space lay in Her face

 I rose to Her embrace, O

 I rose to Her embrace

 So queenly was She, I fell to my knee

 And bent my brow to Her, O

 “O no!” said She, “Kneel not to Me

 But stand! Arise! Open your eyes!

 It is yourself you see, O

 Yourself you see in Me!”

 Come, Witches, as before, to the Shining Door

 Fear not to fling it open!

 Fear not to see the Mystery:

 That we are Pan and fair Dian

 And evermore shall be, O

 And evermore shall be!