This is a song by Phillip Palmer, UU Hymn 1063. We found it in John Halstead's description of his [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/allergicpagan/2011/12/29/winter-solstice-ritual/ Family Winter Solstice Ritual] and sang it at the [[Longest Night Masquerade]].
== Lyrics ==
:Child – ren of the Earth,
:we have come to sing to each oth – er,
:Sist – er to Broth – er,
:songs of our Moth – er Earth.
:Children of the Earth,
:Autumn soon will breathe her last breath and
:quick will hear death bear
:witness to Winter’s Birth.
:Children of the Earth,
:can you feel the air getting cold as
:darkness takes hold and
:sleep covers Mother Earth?
:Children of the Earth,
:we have come to sit in the darkness,
:breathe in the silence,
:think of our Mother Earth.