The Fairy Folk![]() Come, cuddle close in Daddys coat Beside the fire so bright; And hear about the fairy folk ![]() ![]() For when the stars are shining clear And all the world is still, They float across the silver moon ![]() ![]() Their caps of red, their cloaks of green, Are hung with silver bells; And when theyre shaken with the wind ![]() ![]() And riding on the crimson moth With black spots on her wings, They guide them down the purple sky ![]() ![]() They love to visit girls and boys To see how sweet they sleep, To stand beside their cosy cots And at their faces peep. ![]() ![]() ![]() For in the whole of fairyland They have no finer sight Than little children sleeping sound ![]() ![]() On tip-toe crowding round their heads When bright the moonlight beams, They whisper little tender words That fill their minds with dreams; And when they see a sunny smile With lightest finger tips They lay a hundred sweet sweet sighs ![]() ![]() And then the little spotted moths Spread out their crimson wings, And bear away the fairy crowd ![]() ![]() Come, bairnies, hide in Daddys coat Beside the fire so bright; Perhaps the little fairy folk Will visit you tonight! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bairn: Child
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