[This is a popular Wiccan song. I don't know who the author is, nor  ]
[the tune. If you know either, please mail me at ceci@lysator.liu.se.]

         Lord of the Dance

When she danced on the water and the wind was her horn,
The Lady laughed and everything was born.
And when she lit the sun and the light gave him birth
The Lord of the Dance first appeared on the earth.

        CHORUS
        Dance, dance, wherever you may be,
        I am the Lord of the Dance, said he
        I live in you, if you live in me,
        And I lead you all in the dance, said he.

I dance in the circle when the flames leap up high;
I dance in the fire and I never, ever die.
I dance in the waves of the bright summer sea,
For I am the Lord of the waves' mystery.

I sleep in the kernel and I dance in the rain.
I dance in the wind and through the waving grain,
And when you cut me down I care nothing for the pain,
In the Spring I'm the Lord of the Dance once again.

I dance at the Sabbat when you dance out the spell,
I dance and sing that everyone be well,
And when the dancing's over do not think that I am gone
To live is to dance, so I dance on and on.

The horn of the Lady cast it's sound cross the plain
The birds took the notes and gave them back again
'Till the sound of her music was a song in the sky,
And to that song there is one reply.

The moon in her phases and the tides of the sea
The movement of the earth and the seasons that will be
Are the rhythm for the dancing and a promise through the years
That the Dance goes on through our joy and tears.

They danced in the darkness and they danced in the night,
They danced on the earth and everything was light.
They danced out the darkness and they danced in the dawn
And the day of their dancing still goes on and on.

I gaze on the heavens and I gaze on the earth,
And I feel the pain of dying and rebirth,
And I lift my head in gladness and in praise for the day
Of the Dance of the Lord and the Lady gay.