Dandelion Blessing
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bn_songbookThe dandelion is sacred to Brigid, the Irish goddess of, well, a lot of things — home and hearth, fire and forge, meal and milk, bread and butter, spring and sprout, pool and poetry, well and wisdom and wit and words.
Some time ago I developed a dandelion blessing ritual in Her honor — an anointing ritual even, for it involves physically smushing a dandelion blossom onto one's forehead and hands, which leaves (on my skin, at least) a quite conspicuous yellow mark. Much later I would weave the text of that ritual into the form of a song.
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
Some time ago I developed a dandelion blessing ritual in Her honor — an anointing ritual even, for it involves physically smushing a dandelion blossom onto one's forehead and hands, which leaves (on my skin, at least) a quite conspicuous yellow mark. Much later I would weave the text of that ritual into the form of a song.
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
/ G C D G / C G D - / C G D G / C D G - /
Dandelion, bright yellow sun of the field
Brigid's flower, from Brigid's hand, in Brigid's name
By this sign upon on my brow and on my hand, be it sealed
This day and every day
Brigid's light be in my eyes that my sight may be true
On my lips to sweeten all that I say
Brigid's grace be in my hands to bless all that I do
This day and every day
May I answer the shining of the Sun with my own
Offer sweetness to all who pass my way
May I scatter seeds of joy with every breeze that's blown
This day and every day
Dandelion, bright yellow sun of the field
Grow in greenness as many as you may
In your blooming and your blowing Brigid's rede be revealed
This day and every day
