Emily Jones

The change in seasons from summer to fall is a mysterious time – in the northern hemisphere the leaves on decidious trees change color and ultimately fall as the season gives way to the cold death of winter.
It is at this time that the ancient Celts believed the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead was very thin, and our Ancestors could walk the earth once again. Many believe this to be true today and cultures across the globe celebrate a day of the dead in Halloween or Samhain/Samhuinn.

Ashes To Fields is a song I wrote to honor this time of celebrating our Ancestors. To go along with this piece of music I am honored to share the photography and art of my friend Thomas Vacchino of Eye-Sore Design. (THE designer behind the Emily Jones Music logo and both of my albums).
This artfully done photo is of a headstone in an old cemetery in Plymouth, Massachusetts. This cemetery is one of the oldest (if not the oldest) cemeteries in the United States. It is a place where pilgrims that traveled on the Mayflower are buried.

A Measure Of Time : Thomas Vacchino

Ashes To Fields : Emily Jones

Ioho

A branch of Yew to the wise departed
A sword for our dead heroes of war
A hammer for the memory
Of builders that came before

Gifts from the earth
For our dead to dine
We remember you

Gifts from the earth
For our dead to dine
We honor you

Ashes to fields
In the bonfire’s light
We dance for the spirits
We dance for life

Ashes to fields
In the bonfire’s light
To the tree of the dead

Ioho

(Ashes To Fields is available for download at Nimbit : http://www.nimbitmusic.com/emilyjones)