Burial Blessing

One, two, three, four

[Chorus]

I must go now for the grey woods

Call me westwards, call me westwards

Be not afraid

Sing and pray, cry and sway

As I enter the shade, sing and pray, cry and sway

As I move away

Be not afraid

[Verse 1]

Bury me there in the old hearths glare

Bury me deep in the dunes by the sea

Bury me under the open air

Bury me in the roots of a tree

Oh bury me with ochre, courts or ivy

Bury me without worry or sorrow or envy

[Chorus]

I must go now for the grey woods

Call me westwards, call me westwards

Be not afraid

Sing and pray, cry and sway

As I еnter the shade, sing and pray, cry and sway

As I movе away

Be not afraid

[Verse 2]

Bury me whole in the totems of time

Bury me skin, flesh and bones

Bury me lane along temporal line

Bury me on my head, place white stones

Oh bury me with ochre, corks or ivy

Be my hand on the oar to row to eternity

[Bridge]

I will still be with you in the river's flow

In the undertow, where the brambles grow

I will still be by you in the fox's eye

In the sea bird's cry, in the city sky

[Chorus]

I must go now for the grey woods

Call me westwards, call me westwards

Be not afraid

Sing and pray, cry and sway

As I enter the shade

Sing and pray, cry and sway

As I move away

Be not afraid