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The Elf Ride
This song was given to me by one of the performers at Scarborough and Hawkwood. I don't know the author, but I am looking... If you recognize it, let me know. It is a delightfully, shivery song....Am G Am
Sunlight has fled and the shadows near
C Em
Come gather ye children from elven lands
Am G Em
Diana has risen; her horn we can hear
Am G Am
And the chorusing time is again at hand
Am G Am
Chorus: By the call of the horn is the stillness shorn
C Em
Time for us runs slow
Am G Em
But we laugh and we sing as we go a-hunting
Am G Am G
And we run where the wild ones go –oh - oh
Am Em Am
And we run where the wild ones go.Am G Am
Fast on the track of this moonlit land
C Em
Come ho, my companions, what is this we find?
Am G Em
A pretty young maid and a handsome young man
Am G Am
Alone this night in the green wood light.
Am G Am
Quicksilver thought and our magick born
C Em
She with the doe’s eye as so she shall be
Am G Em
And to him we will give both the hoof and the horn
Am G Am
And strong as the stag, as a stag goes he. ChorusAm G Am
Our joy is the hunt and how sweet the pain
C Em
The chase, my pretties, is all of the fun
Am G Em
If you fear us well, then your lives you may gain
Am G Am
So run, my pretty playthings, run.
Am G Am
Too soon now with light will the sky grow pale.
C Em
How thin and how frail grow our shadowy forms.
Am G Em
Our hunting is done and the spell it must fade
Am G Am
For our power dies when the day is born. Chorus
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