Gruagach!

from Insh'Allah by Heather Alexander

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    Featured in the book "Lion"s Blood" by Steven Barnes, this master work was written specifically to capture the feeling and emotion of this alternate history where Islamic-African and Celtic Christian meet, fight and make peace with each other in a master/slave society exploring the best and worst of humanity.

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A child's song describing the horrible creatures outside the slave containment that capture any escapee and maul them quite often to death

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GRUAGACH!
Music & Lyrics: Heather Alexander


Deep within the forest dark,
Lies a beast with baleful bark-
Feasting on a infant’s soul
Cross it’s path and pay the toll-

AR RAH! GRUAGACH! AR RAH! GRUAGACH!

Pass not through the village gate,
Sun has set and day is late-
If you walk alone at night,
You meet black and grey and white-

Crouched upon a rock or tree,
It eats either you or me-
It needs neither knife nor bowl,
Drinks your blood out of your skull-

Eyes to flame a fearful red,
Claws to rend a body dead-
Teeth to strip your white bones bare,
They knit mittens from your hair-

They will tan your hide for shoes,
Boil your fat to grease their stews-
Singing shanties to your groans,
Playing pipes of hollow bones-

Run, hide, stay inside! Listen unto me!
Dark sport is the court of the UnSeelie!

I have saved these words for last,
Learn them well and hold them fast-
Never venture from your bed,
Else your very soul is dead!


Sea Fire Productions Inc c&p 2002

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from Insh'Allah, released February 2, 2002
Vocals and Hand claps: Heather Alexander
Other Percussion and Unruly Pug: Dan Ochipinti

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Heather Alexander Redmond, Washington

A changling from the Land of Fae, Heather brings stories and songs from a world where magic never dies and anything can happen if you only believe.

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