lyrics: T Raven Scott, Beltane '97
music: Willie Nelson's "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies"
(chorus)
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be witches
Don't let them leap bonfires or sing with the ducks
Let them be Buddhists or Muslims or Monks
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be witches
They'll sing funky tunes, weave spells by the moon
And by the Goddess they love
1
Witches are easy to love but not easy to hold
And they'd rather you didn't give orders, it just makes 'em cold
The God/dess loves 'em and they feel the same way
And each moon begins a new month
If you don't follow the Goddess or seek out the God
They'll think that you're out to lunch
(chorus)
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be witches
Don't let them leap bonfires or sing with the ducks
Let them be Buddhists or Muslims or Monks
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be witches
They'll sing funky tunes, weave spells by the moon
And by the Goddess they love
2
A witchchild loves walks in the woods and clear mountain mornings
bright Beltane poppies, warm sunshine, sweet songs in the night
Them that don't know 'em might fear 'em
And them that do sometimes won't know how to take 'em
They're not wrong, they're just different and their oaths won't let 'em
Work magicks to prove that they're right
(chorus)
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be witches
Don't let them leap bonfires or sing with the ducks
Let them be Buddhists or Muslims or Monks
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be witches
They'll sing funky tunes, weave spells by the moon
And by the Goddess they love
