A Druids Song --- by Saul Scudder --- 1970's 80's and 90's
Hey,
Hey, The dance is done.
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Hey,
Hey, Hey, The mornings come.
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Now hear
the cockcrow greet the sun.
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Feel the
sleeping scarecrow's shadows run.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
Mast Tom
and Melissa have had their fun.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
Your
green corn wakes dreaming that the harvests
come.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
And a
chilled black raven flies with what he's won.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
What can
be seen when fate is spun.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
What is
known when fate has run.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
The
sparkle of the dew when it meets the sun.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
A
dreamers glance as a days begun.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
The
mixing of the breeze before the dawn is done.
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Where
tree's leaves in mists are spun.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
A bird
speaks on the winds it rides among.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
Gone to
where the night is from.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
Unseen is what might become.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
None hear yet songs still unsung.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
Ladies
know the truth still young.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
Stars
fade dancing to have fun.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
Unheard
and unknown to some.
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dew, li de, li de, Way
Daybreak
barely yet begun.
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dew, li de, li de, Way