IRISH BLESSING

Traditional

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in His hand.

CHILD SO DEAR 

Words and Lyrics by Analynn Riley

Wind so strong

Night so cold

I wonder when your father will

Come back to you

Child so dear

Feel him near

And sleep,

Journey long

Heart so bold

By the fire

Warm your spirit

In my love

Child so dear

Feel him near

And sleep.

©  2005  A. Riley

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ARROW & THE SONG

Lyrics adapted by Analynn Riley from the poem, The Arrow and The Song, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,and an untitled poem with author unknown

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For so swiftly it flew, the sight could not follow,

Could not follow in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For who has sight so keen and strong

That it can follow,

It can follow the flight of a song?

I sought my soul but my soul I could not see.

I sought my God, but my God eluded me.

I sought my brother [sister],

I sought my brother [sister],

I sought my brother [sister],

And I found all three.

Long afterward in an old oak,

I found the arrow still unbroken.

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again, I found again, I found again –

In the heart of a friend.

©  2005  A. Riley

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