Emerald Rose - Four Jacks lyrics

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When mother is aslumbering beneath her shawl of white

And you wrap your cloak against the wind but still you

Feel it's bite

With many mouths at home to feed this deer must not be

Lost

When you thank the prey and let the arrow fly

You become Jack frost.

When the maiden slips her samite cloak revealing lilac

Breasts

And the rising sun climbing high in the sky calls

Acorns to their quest

When hoof trod earth surrenders to seed and the

Meadowsweet is queen

When you step the jig of furrow and plow

You celebrate Jack Green

Chorus:

Jack, Jack, dancing round the moonlight

Changing shadows with every stride

Jack, Jack, summer green and Yule white

Hunter, Dancer, Dying One, Guide

When summer oak green wanes scarlet and brown and a

Carpet of leaves is laid

Mother's kiss has charged the land and staghorns drape

The glade

The fields are tall with sacrifice for springtimes

Still unborn

Raise the crescent high, cut down the grain

And call upon Jack Corn

Chorus

When the riddled fields are gathered and gleaned from

The shadow of a killing freeze

And twilights fall to copper moons that dance with

Barren trees

When comes the final harvest home beneath the silver

Light

When weary feet tread that dusky road

Jack Lantern walks the night

Chorus

I'm no tawny hunter, no tiller of barley seed

I've never threshed a stalk of wheat but I've still a

Family to feed

When I feel whelmed over with provider on my back

I tilt my head back, howl his howl

Smile his secret grin

And call on Jack

Callin' on Jack

I'm callin' on Jack