The Stars and the Centaurs (A Lively Jig) [Verse 1] Come gather round, lads and lasses tonight Let fiddles and tankards ring bright I'll sing of the stars and the hooves in the sky And wonders no scholar can write Of horse and of man in the ancient old days When magic ran wild through the land The Centaurs were born where the heavens touched earth By starlight and fate’s gentle hand [Chorus] Oh the stars and the centaurs tonight! Dancing in silver moonlight! Secrets of heaven and earth intertwined Running where starlight burns bright! Oh the stars and the centaurs tonight! Galloping free through the sky! Born of the heavens and earthside below Under the old watcher’s eye! [Verse 2] The stars in their silent old circles above Turn slowly through endless dark seas Their patterns were read by the wise of the plains Who watched them through whispering trees The wild horses ran where the tall grasses swayed Their thunder like drums on the land And mortals looked up to the glittering sky With questions no god could command ________________ [Verse 3] Then magic once stirred where the starfire fell A weaving of heaven and clay The spirit of horse and the wisdom of man Together were shaped in that day They rose with the dawn and they studied the sky The dance of the planets and sun The Centaurs would wander the wide open world Where starlight and hoofbeats are one [Chorus] Oh the stars and the centaurs tonight! Dancing in silver moonlight! Secrets of heaven and earth intertwined Running where starlight burns bright! Oh the stars and the centaurs tonight! Galloping free through the sky! Born of the heavens and earthside below Under the old watcher’s eye! [Outro] So raise up your mugs and sing loud to the sky For creatures both noble and free The stars and the centaurs forever shall ride Where fate and the heavens agree Hey! Hah! Away!
Song 10
The Stars and the Centaurs
A mythic tale describing how the wisdom of the stars and the spirit of the wild plains gave birth to the centaur race.
