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Journeyman's Song
Summer 1993
Tamarra released two female apprentices one Pennsic because they were both marrying and moving  far away. She asked Menya (three days beforehand) to write a song for the occasion. The term journeyman comes from journee, not journey (journeymen were paid by the day),  but Menya thought the song worked.

Chorus:
Journey on, journeyman, journey on
May the wind be always at your back
May the gods guide your footsteps and your road lead you home
Journey on, journeyman, journey on

Verse:
I have loved you like a mother
And I've watched the seasons change you
But you've grown into a woman
And it's time that you were leaving

Chorus

I have loved you like a sister
And I've shared your joys and sorrows
Now your heart has found another
And it's time that you were leaving

Chorus

I have loved you like a teacher
And I've shared with you my knowledge
But the world will teach you wisdom
And it's time that you were leaving

Chorus

Oh, leavetaking is a sorrow
But my heart is filled with laughter
For your road lies straight before you
And I know that you will prosper

Chorus with last line repeated