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Dawn Star Rising

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In which our intrepid blogger recasts the classic, and well-loved, 19th century African-American counting-song, Children Go Where I Send Thee, in a riddling Old Craft idiom.

 

Dawn Star Rising

(Born on Solstice Morn)

 

Children, go where I send thee.

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee one by one,

one for the little bitty Baby

walking across the Heavens,

born on Solstice morning:

born, born, born on Solstice morn.

Yeah, he was born, born,

born on Solstice morn.

 

Children, go where I send thee.

How shall I send thee?

I'm gonna send thee two by two,

two for the Horns of Plenty,

one for the little bitty Baby

walking across the Heavens,

born on Solstice morning:

born, born, born on Solstice morn.

Yeah, he was born, born,

born on Solstice morn.

 

Two for the Horns of Plenty

Three for the Silver Lady

Four for the Shining Watchers

Five for the Dawn Star Rising

Six for the Six Directions

Seven for the Constellation

Eight for the Celebrations

Nine for the Months of Waiting

Ten for the Able Dancers

Eleven for the 'leven that came down from Heaven

Twelve for the Twelve Great Houses

Thirteen for the Proud Ladies

 

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Poet, scholar and storyteller Steven Posch was raised in the hardwood forests of western Pennsylvania by white-tailed deer. (That's the story, anyway.) He emigrated to Paganistan in 1979 and by sheer dint of personality has become one of Lake Country's foremost men-in-black. He is current keeper of the Minnesota Ooser.

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