Damh The Bard - Brighid lyrics

There's a tree by the well in the wood That's covered in garlands Clooties and ribbons that drift In the cool morning air That's where I met an old woman Who came from a far land Holding a flame o'er the well And chanting a prayer (Chorus) Goddess of fire, Goddess of healing Goddess of Spring, welcome again The told me she'd been a prisoner Trapped in a mountain Taken by the Queen of Winter At Summer's end But in her prison, she heard the spell The people were chanting Three days of Summer And snowdrops are flowering again She spoke of the Cell of the Oak Where a fire is still burning Nineteen priestesses tend the Eternal Flame Oh but of you, my Lady We are still learning Brighid, Brigantia The Goddess of many names Then I saw her reflection in the mirrored well And I looked deep in her face The old woman gone, a maiden now knelt in her place And from my pocket I pulled a ribbon And in honour of her maidenhood I tied it there to the tree by the well in the wood