Oíche Shamhna Lyrics

Guising night

Sacred, bewitching

Leave food out

Stave off the wicked

Things that hide are shown this night

Cross yourself

Keep candles alight

Stoke your bonfire

Fill the air

Ancient feast to rever

Those that walk again

Are not just ghosts

Beware of strangers

Keep your love ones close

Do you hear that sound?

When shadows fallen

The dead are coming to town

For one night only

Leaving tomb and tree

From rivers crawling

Bless yourself this night

Oíche Samhaine

Hide your face

And guard your soul

Hang a Hawthorn above your door

Wheel grinding through the year

Death of Summer

Winters snare

Do not stray far from the light

Puca, Sidhe and devil's are prowling from behind

Do you hear that sound?

When shadows fallen

The dead are coming to town

For one night only

Leaving tomb and tree

From rivers crawling

Bless yourself this night

Oíche Samhaine

Do you hear that sound

When shadows fallen

The dead are coming to town

For one night only

Time of the thinning

Between two worlds

Ancient beings roaming

Through cairns of stones

Hold your crucifix

And hawthorn stick

Keep your fire lighting

Awaiting first lights kiss

Do you hear that sound?

When shadows fallen

The dead are coming to town

For one night only

Leaving tomb and tree

From rivers crawling

Bless yourself this night

Oíche Samhaine

Bless yourself this night

Oíche Samhaine