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Ceridwen is a Welsh goddess known for inspiring artists, poets, and the like. It is said that drinking from her cauldron grants gifts of wisdom and poetic inspiration. A person who has been thus inspired is known as an Awenydd. Being that I am a bard, I thought this would be a good subject to write a song about.
lyrics
Greetings, traveler—been on the road long, have you?
Your feet are grey with dust and your eyes are dim with sleep.
Join me at my campsite. The road is long and dreary,
And I can offer conversation and some tea I’ve set to steep.
You may wonder what I’m doing in the countryside alone,
What brings a woman of my years to travel on her own,
Well, it’s just that I’ve been thinking, and thinking makes me walk,
So sit you by the fireside, come stay a while and talk.
What chance is there that brings two such as we together?
The land is wide and long, and very few now go this way.
But if you look back down your lifeline you’ll find this was meant to be,
That sometimes some things happen in which we never had a say.
You may wonder what I’m doing in the countryside alone,
What brings a woman of my years to travel on her own,
Well, it’s just that I’ve been thinking, and thinking makes me walk,
So sit you by the fireside, come stay a while and talk.
The tea is done, I think, and it will soothe away the chill.
Take a sip and watch the stars—they’re so beautiful out here.
With nothing but the open sky and the evening moon to watch,
Just drink your tea, and soon you’ll see your mind is set and clear.
You may wonder what I’m doing in the countryside alone,
What brings a woman of my years to travel on her own,
Well, it’s just that I’ve been thinking, and thinking makes me walk,
So sit you by the fireside, come stay a while and talk.
You’ve been looking for a sign, though you don’t know it,
Asking the gods for direction.
Well, answers are often where you least expect they’ll be,
And this is no exception.
Now I need to tell you what you have likely guessed—
I’m not the simple crone you see, and that heady draught’s not tea.
Lay everything you think you know down at my feet, my child
Now you've drunk from out my cauldron—go be what you wish to be.
credits
released August 3, 2013
Katt McConnell - Lyrics, melody, main vocal, bodhran, engineering, mixing, mastering
Riley McConnell - Guitar arrangement and performance
Allyson Clarkson - Recorder arrangement and performance
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