RadEthelWynn/Whittling Man
11/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
They call me the whittling man
I'm all in the woods by myself
away from the city stream
away from the noise in the sky
lost in the leaves on the trees
watching them fall in the breeze...
Out here in the fields
watching the crows fly by
with oak holly and birch
a buzzard a deer and a bull
with horses grazing by
Im alone with the wights of the wood
remembering time slips away...
Hew the wood and shape it
trim it blade to grain
shaving cutting and carving
chips fall patterns show,
lost to time in motion
possessed by an ancient craft...
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RadEthelWynn/Othala
10/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
I walk this land where the Gods roam
where the Gods roam where the Gods roam
To the sacred groves where the Gods are
where the Gods are where the Gods are
Hail to day and sons of day
to night and her kin
to night and her kin
with gracious eyes look upon us
and give us victory give us victory....
Home is where the heart is
Othala x3
Home is where the heart is
Othala x5
Hail to the Alfar and the Disir
hail the mighty and fruitful earth
give us eloquence and native wit
and healing hands while we live
Don't ask for much no never too much
for all that's asked must be paid for
breath blood and senses are the gifts
Odin gave us Odin gave us.....
Hail to day... Lay of Sigrdrifa victory urger- (Brynhild to Sigurd)
"Don't ask for much..." Havamal v145
"Breath blood and senses" v18 Voluspa
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RadEthelWynn/Vanadis
9/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
Vanadis- beautiful lady
Freyja - one who is many
Riding- air and sea
Freyja -bright shining one
with tears of pure red gold
oh Frejya illuminating ocean...
Freyja - Now I remember
The lady- one who is many
To drink with you -your loving embrace
oh mistress of death and beautiful jewels
oh Freyja as the birch buds quicken
Vanadis you serve your golden draft...
Searching forever searching
searching forever searching
searching forever searching
searching forever searching
Freyja -bright golden lady
Freyja -falcon feathered
Vanadis -magical one
maiden of war and weopon dead heros
Vanadis lover to many
Hail Freyja high golden lady...
(translations Lady of the Labyrinth)
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RadEthelWynn/Ode To Peter
8/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
There is oak and ash and thorn my love by Peter Bellamy
He told me about folk songs so here is my melody
There's the song of the olde red war boat the songs of our fathers of old
There are smuggles songs and a way through the woods as the Queens men come on home.
So peer inside the looking glass and see what you might be
cold irons around my feet the fate of a poor honest man
the people of the hills are calling me taking me back in time
where a sweet nightingale is singing so hear the bee boy song.
This is and Ode to Peter a proud olde English man
he sung maritime songs and love songs songs of heroes and kings
Puck now sings of Peter and Goodfellow lies by the fire
As I walk the greenfield's of England and I do my run of the Downs.
(Lob-lie-by-the fire)
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RadEthelWynn/She'll Come Again
7/11Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
The colours of autumn leaves paint the pavements
just how they please
The rain falls never-ending fills the rivers and dry water ways,
walking through the forest mud and puddles beneath my feet
dying is all around me but all that dies will flow again.
Sitting there seeing all things crumble
time and space just slipping through my hands
waiting for all things to recycle..
Waiting for the sun she'll come again x3
The winter- days are short now, ice cold blanket
a deathly breeze
The snow falls never-ending covers fields and ancient moors
Walking through the city natures calling me home again
but that olde brick it still talks now
like it used to years ago....
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RadEthelWynn/Neither Has The Other To Blame
6/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
Be and friend to your friend, and repay each gift with a gift
repay laughter with laughter, and treachery with treachery
be a friend to your friend, and also to his friend
but never be a friend, to enemy of your friend
The ignorant man he does not know how little he knows
you become foolish by listening to fools
one man is rich another is poor
and neither has the other to blame......
You should only be a little wise, never be too wise
the happiest in life are those, who know just enough,
You should only be a little wise, never be all wise
a wise mans heart is seldom glad if he is truly wise
Havamal (Words of the High One)
V1- V42 -V43
v2- V54-V55
Chorus V 75
Poetic Edda Jackson Crawford translation
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RadEthelWynn/Midwinters Day (The Wheel)
5/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
Midwinter day is here again
when we say goodbye to the shortest day (Dec)
Now the first stirrings of spring
as the flickers of new life begin (Feb)
Ostara now comes the wheel is turning
the lady of spring is here returning (March)
Beltane the first dawn of May
as fires burn we salute the sun. (May)
Midsummer time is here again
when we celebrate the longest day (June)
Now is time of the harvest
fruits have sprung lets gather together (Aug) (Lugh)
Thank Mother Earth for the gifts given
Autumn has crept upon us now (sept)
death time is here its winters bite
the veils are thin the darkness has fallen (Nov) (Samhain)
Midwinters day is here again...
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RadEthelWynn/Baldurs Dream (Invocation)
4/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
I Invoke you by the doors of death
I have ridden to the doors of death
I invoke you by the doors of death
I revive you from the doors of death
Vegtam's song
Don't Be Silent, dont be silent, seeress
Its Baldur's dreams Baldur's dreams Baldur's dreams.
Don't be silent don't be silent seeress.
"Which man is that unknown to me
who makes me travel this difficult road?
I was snowed upon
I was rained upon dew fell on me Ive been dead along time."
v 5 Poetic Edda
Carolyne Larrington translation
(Wake up Groa! I invoke you by the doors of death
on the earth fastened stone sing charms to me)
(Svipdag) (Groa's Song) v1 v5
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RadEthelWynn/Alfreds Glory
2/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
Saxon men hold Alfred's line
the Northmen holding theirs
men of plunder swords unsheathed
shields are locked its time
and death will come on both sides
of that fate is certain
as these friends of wolves and ravens fight
the din of war has started x3
The eagle flaps his wings now
Danish blood is flowing
the Saxon men push harder
as they fight for Alfreds glory
but the Northmen don't fall easy
their fury is unyielding
death is something they don't fear
for Val-father is waiting x3
All the world is indeed a stage
and we are merely players
those men who nearly time forgot
engaged in battle and glories
yes all the world is indeed a stage
and they know why they're fighting
for farmland and a homeland
and something more than dying x3
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RadEthelWynn/Tainted By The Modern World
1/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
Tainted by the modern world made weak by its design
the lies of fools fill the minds suicidal outcome
when we give away what we are for something that we are not
for we were raised not to know just what we were made of
spending most our lives looking for something to believe in
forged in fire our ancient ways awakened in our senses....
Hear the songs from long ago and we all know the tune
its the raven song that takes you home fearless of the darkness
The one eyed God and the thunderer they split the night in two
drawn to hallowed places the water ways and mounds
drawn to the sacred woodlands the oak the ash and thorn
so Ride Home for Joy, the seeds now have been scattered.....
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RadEthelWynn/Ghosts Of England
3/11 Debut album...
RadEthelWynn
(Indie, Folk, Pagan, Traditional)
Lyrics
We men are the monsters now
the time of hero's is over
the christ god has killed it leaving us with nothing
but weeping martyrs fear and shame (Beowulf)
So rise up Anglo Saxon remember remember who you are
Rise up ghosts of England your roots run deep don't you know? (Ancestors)
Hoof and horn, hoof and horn
all shall die shall be reborn
corn and grain corn and grain
all that falls shall rise again
yes all that falls shall rise again. (Ian Corrigan)
Bone to bone blood to blood
joint to joint now ride me home,
bone to bone blood to blood
joints to joints now ride again
yes joint to joint and we'll ride again. (second Merseburg Charm)
Remember remember the Irminsul, remember Hengist and Horsa,
remember Herne the Hunter, remember spirit and thunder.
Remember the Britons remember the Celts remember the Danes the Angles and Jutes.
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