"Traditional" Witch French Chant....

[kallistii]

Here is something claiming to be a "traditional" witch chant...

from the YouTube page:

From: DYBoulet2
Joined: 10 months ago
Added: November 21, 2007
This video consists of a recitation of an ancient and traditional witchsong or witch chant. It is recited here in it's original language: French.

This sabbatic witchsong or chant was discovered during the Early Modern Period in Guernsey. Nothing is known of it's precise origin in time.

For more information on this island, please go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey

The ritual dance which comes with this chant is said to be a simple circle-skipping around a consecrated center as all the witches of the coven hold hands. In the center of the circle is manifest le Dieu Cornu; or, the Horned God. It is unclear how long the singing and dancing endured, or how it began or how it ended, except that it went by a rhythm that ended in a climactic halt.

And finally, the lyrics of the song or chant:
"Har, Har, Hou, Hou, danse ici, danse là, joue ici, joue là!" (French)

"Har, Har, Hou, Hou, dance here, dance there, play here, play there!" (English translation)

The artwork appearing in this video is entitled "Le Sabbat des Sorcières" (The Witch's Sabbath) by Goya.

Comments

[northwestpass.livejournal.com]

This one was offered to me by a contact responding to my pagan folklore survey last year. Perhaps it is traditional, perhaps not; but that might not matter as much as its lyric content, and the joy that may be raised by singing it in circle. I like it.

[kallisti.livejournal.com]

Never said there was anything wrong with it, I just dislike people trying to graft some respectability or gravitas onto something by saying it is "traditional". Just let the work stand on it's own, and let us decide, the listener.

ttyl