[Verse 1]
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In days gone by, when the world was much younger,
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Men wondered at Spring, born of Winter's cold knife,
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Wondering at the games of the moon and the sunlight,
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They saw there the Lady and Lord of all life.
[Chorus]
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Round and around, and around turns the good Earth,
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All things must change as the seasons go by,
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we are the children of the Lord and the Lady,
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Whose mysteries we know, but will never know why.
[Verse 2]
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In all lands the people were tied to the good Earth,
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Plowing and sowing, as the seasons declared,
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Waiting to reap of the rich golden harvest,
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Knowing her laughter in the joys that we shared.
[Chorus]
G D C G
Round and around, and around turns the good Earth,
D C D G
All things must change as the seasons go by,
D C G
we are the children of the Lord and the Lady,
D C D G
Whose mysteries we know, but will never know why.
[Verse 3]
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Through Flanders and Wales and the green lands of Ireland,
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in the kingdoms of England and Scotland and Spain,
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Circles grew up all along the wild coastlines,
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And worked for the land, with the Sun and the rain.
[Chorus]
G D C G
Round and around, and around turns the good Earth,
D C D G
All things must change as the seasons go by,
D C G
we are the children of the Lord and the Lady,
D C D G
Whose mysteries we know, but will never know why.
[Verse 4]
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Circles for healing, and working the weather,
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Circles for knowing the Moon and the Sun,
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Circles for thanking the Lord and the Lady,
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Circles for dancing the dance never done.
[Chorus]
G D C G
Round and around, and around turns the good Earth,
D C D G
All things must change as the seasons go by,
D C G
we are the children of the Lord and the Lady,
D C D G
Whose mysteries we know, but will never know why.
[Verse 5]
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And we who reach for the stars in the heavens,
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Turning our eyes from the meadows and groves,
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Still live in the love of the Lord and the Lady,
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The greater the circle, the more the love grows.
[Chorus]
G D C G
Round and around, and around turns the good Earth,
D C D G
All things must change as the seasons go by,
D C G
we are the children of the Lord and the Lady,
D C D G
Whose mysteries we know, but will never know why.