[Opening Chant] Ho… hey… ho… Ho… hey… ho… [Verse 1] Fire low and shadows draw Ash and ember, breath and thaw Night wind hums a watchful law Stars lean in to hear our call [Refrain / Anchor] Round the hearth, the horn of mead Round the hearth, the horn of mead [Verse 2] Shoes by ash and cloaks cast wide Laughter rolls like coming tide Old words kept and half denied Moon above our circle’s side [Refrain / Anchor] Round the hearth, the horn of mead Round the hearth, the horn of mead [Chant Section] Hey! Pass it round! Ho! Pass it round! Hey! By ember-light! Ho! By ember-light! [Call / Response] Who are we? — Heathens! Where do we stand? — Home! [Verse 3] Pipes call soft to waking feet Lyre strums where voices meet No high hall nor silver seat Only kin and night and heat [Final Refrain] Round the hearth, the horn of mead Round the hearth, the horn of mead [Outro] Ho… hey… ho… Fire low… Bound in mead.
