CAER SIDI

             Em                   D      
	The stars, a throne, the sky, a dance
           Em           D 
	We imitate to catch its flame
	     Em                    D
	And build with stone and strive to glean
            Em         G        C
	The remedy of air and light

            G              D      Em
       	My home is in the summer stars
            D                   B7
	Between the throne and fortress gates
           Em                 D
	A heartbeat past the memory
            C                          Em
	Of all that's flown with yesterday

                 Em         D        C
               	Three full boatloads we went down
                      D             Em
  		Save seven, none returned

	Here stranded on the island shore
	I mend my sails with the wind	
	Each stitch the pain of trust betrayed
	A child's eyes, a woman's rage

	Of darkness I have seen too much
	And founded broken walls thereon
	But should I ever reach that land
	Though love may call, I'll not come back

  		Three full boatloads we went down
  		Save seven, none returned

	The journey's perils haunt my dreams
	My home and prison, haven, snare
	Chased by the hounds of red and white
	The hues of pain yet unassuaged

	A child's footsteps etched in stars
	I flee from memory, locked in stone
	As fragile as a spider's thread
	The stepping stones to Caer Sidi

  		Three full boatloads we went down
  		Save seven, none returned


       Music
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       (briskly)      
       d d g G f f a A
       a b% g b% c+ d+ c+ a. f.
       d d g G f f a A
       a b% c+ b%. a f c. g.

       a b% f b% c+ d+ c+ a. g.
       g f a c+. b% a g. a.
       d d g a b% c+ d+. c+.
       c+ d+ c+ b%. a g c d.&d

       (slower)
       g f g a c+ b% a g.
       g a a. b% a a. b%=a=g.