Samhain is in the Air

Come gather round, my pretties, you’re in for a sight

There’s despair in the air on this hallowed fall night

The harvest is finished and winter is near

Let us gather to usher in the dark half of the year

Samhain Eve by Damh the Bard

Light your Samghnagans, your bonfires, in the Pagan tradition

And if you are want to believe superstition

We must shortly prepare for chaos to unfurl

As the wall disappears between home and the Otherworld

The Moon's a Harsh Mistress by Celtic Woman

Tonight is Samhain, but do not be grave

You will surely be safe if you choose to behave

There are ghosties and beasties that haunt us this night

Give them berth, for their mirth is your heart-stopping fright

The Night Descending by Iron & Wine

Dumb Supper will commense after we invite our kin

Who have left this cruel world full of sorrow and sin

We shall dine and sip wine and share information

Of the year that has passed since their last visitation

All Soul's Night by Loreena McKennitt

We will bid fond farewell to our ancestral spirits

As we set off on our yearly Samhain mumming visits

Dressed in our costumes, we’ll sing for the dead

And pray not for pranks, but for sweet cakes instead

A Celtic Lore by Adrian von Ziegler

Though the night air is quiet, we hope that our path

Will not yet be darkened by the Faery Host’s wrath

The Sluagh are restless and dangerous fae

Who feed on the souls of their wandering prey

Protection Chant by Lisa Thiel

But do not think Samhain is only for terror

As there are some aspects that you might find fairer

So come, let us drink, as the celebrations begin

For there is no other time of the year like Samhain