The Four Seasons
Associations---Faroe Islands Scotland Earth Cycles
Tapes Found On---Golden Hits 90 Shantivanam Rhythms of The earth
Camp 97A
Origin---Faroe Islands
Choreographer---traditional
Writer---Brian Pearson
Notes
The Circle Dance community dances this dance to both a traditional
song from the Faroe Isles and a tune called ìThe Four Seasonsî by Brian
Pearson
ìThe Dance goes on and itís never ending
The Circle turns and the Singer sings...î
This dance is one that I will ofyen use to mark the rhythms
of the seasons of the year as well as the seasons of the commnty and of
our lives. Deep within this song and within the balanced relationship
of the Land, the Commnity and the Dance of Sacred Space and Sacred Time,
thewre is a simple unspeakable wisdom that any song sparrow will tell you,
if you will only but pause to listen.
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Words in English
Breezes blow thru the wood in springtime
Roots drink deep from the wakened earth
Young leaves shine in the quickening sunlight
dance the song of the new yearís birth.
The Dance goes on and its never ending
The circle turns and the singer sings
The year turns round but the wood in springtime
Does not care what the winter brings
When the leaves are long in the days of summer
And the light drifts thru them cool and green
Great trees stir in their dreaming sleep
And sing slow tales of the years theyíve seen
The Dance goes on and its never ending
The circle turns and the tale unfolds
The year turns on but the wood in summer
Has no thought for the winterís cold
Blackberry, hazel and elderberry
Hang heavy and ripe in the shortening days
Bright as a banner the autumn leaves
Burn red in the old sunís dying rays
The Dance goes on and its never ending
The circle turns and returns again
The year turns on and the wood in autumn
Gathers itself for the winterís pain
When winter bites and the leaves have fallen
And thru the Hawthorne cold winds run
Thru the dwindling days the cruel-leaved holly
Keeps safe the memory of the sun
The Dance goes on and its never ending
The circle turns and the singer sings
The year burns lo but the winter wood
Still holds the memory of the spring
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