Culainn's
Hound
McGowan/Collier/McGowan
©2000
I
am a man of Ulster born
And to this
land my heart is sworn
The future
days, unclear to me
My faith
is still a mystery
My heart
was torn from far away
Just what
it was I couldn't say
I couldn't
flee I couldn't fight
Then upon
the rock I saw her light
A standing
stone across the sky
I held a
stick to the heavens high
I challenge
you to challenge me
The greatest
warrior you'll ever see
The raven
spoke from atop the stone
Her featherd
coat in sunlight shone
There lives
a man within this child
And I do
claim his spirit
'Neath the
watchful eye of the jet black crow
Tall and
stong this lad did grow
With rival
none I walked alone
I made my
bed in the forest loam
To the chieftain's
banquet late I came
No one answered
when I called my name
With eyes
of red and teeth of white
The hound
attacked me in the dead of night
I threw my
ball at the black dogs maw
It lodged
down deep in the creatures craw
Cullain
said "my dog is dead, my land defenseless in
times ahead
Setanta,
what am I to do, my beast has proved no match for you
Your honor's
strong won't you stand your ground,
"will you
become Culainn's hound"
My
honor's strong so I stood my ground
And I became
Culainn's hound
I'm the hound
of Cullain, I'm Cullains Hound