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M​ó​rr​í​gan's Will

from The Backyard Collection by Michael Lang

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Originally written in October of 2018, this song was inspired by Irish folklore surrounding the cauldron born (zombie-like creatures) and the Mórrígan (a goddess, or group of goddesses, associated with the more frightening and foreboding aspects of nature).

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"There's a chill on the breeze in the dead of night
Spirit's are stirring and taking flight
Gathering around a standing stone
Waiting for an offering of flesh and bone

Boil and toil. cauldron black
Tattered souls, summoning back
Mórrígan, oh Mórrígan
Bring me back to this world again

The cauldron born are rising in the night
Stalking the shadows of pale moonlight
The cauldron born set out to kill
Brought to this world by Mórrígan's will
Mórrígan's will

Sink me down in a cauldron deep
Where I shall never more sleep
Take me down where the raven's sing
Down to the gallows of Mórrígan's ring

The cauldron born are rising in the night
Stalking the shadows of pale moonlight
The cauldron born set out to kill
Brought to this world by Mórrígan's will
Mórrígan's will

Take me down, take me down, down
Take me down, take me down

Sink me down in a cauldron, bubbling water deep
Where I shall never, never more sleep
Take me down to the forest where the raven's sing
Down to the gallows of Mórrígan's ring

The cauldron born are rising in the night
Stalking the shadows of pale moonlight
The cauldron born set out to kill
They are brought into the world by Mórrígan's will
They are brought into the world by Mórrígan's will
Mórrígan's will
Mórrígan's will."

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from The Backyard Collection, released June 3, 2020
Written, performed, and recorded by Michael Lang

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Michael Lang Durham, New Hampshire

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