Antlered Crown and Standing Stone

(Damh the Bard)

A rousing anthem dedicated to the male principle of nature – the Pagan Horned God. Continuing the theme of previous songs such as Green and Grey, Noon of the Soltice and Pipes of Pan. This is a song to honour Cernunnos, Pan, Herne, and the Green Man.

I am the face within the leaves,

I’m the voice within the trees,

I am boy, I am man,

The face of the changing land,

And I have been your constant guide,

From your caves on the mountainside,

We have walked hand in hand.

And everywhere that I have been,

My passing turns the grey to green,

The birds sing to the dawn,

And the land has awoken,

Oh my lady lays with me,

And our love weaves a tapestry,

Eternal threads, unbroken.

(Chorus)

I am lover, I am father,

I am Horned God and King,

I’m the life in all of nature,

That is reborn every Spring.

Call of stag and cry of eagle,

I am Child of Barleycorn,

And I am the antlered crown,

And standing stone.

I am the oats the corn and grain,

A bearded man with a crooked cane,

Cut me down, I must die,

For the land to be born again.

But don’t you cry and don’t you grieve,

For soon the Wild Hunt I will lead,

On the night of Samhain.

The air is cold, the sky is grey,

Where am I this Winter’s day,

Bones of trees, fallen leaves,

The time of the Winter Queen,

But through the wind and snow and rain,

Know that a part of me remains,

Holly stands, evergreen.