~ When Faeries Dance ~

THE SUN SET MANY HOURS AGO
THE SKY IS NOW A PURPLE GLOW
THE STARS ARE TWINKLING UPON HIGH
AND NOW THE FAERIES DO DRAW NIGH.

TO DANCE AND SING THE WHOLE NIGHT THRU
THIS IS THEIR FAVORITE THING TO DO
SO WATCH REAL CLOSE, DON'T MAKE A SOUND
AND WATCH THE FAERIES FLOATING DOWN.

A FAERIE CIRCLE THEY DO MAKE
WEE DRINKS OF DEW DROPS THEY DO TAKE
AND WEAVE SOME BLOSSOMS IN THEIR HAIR
THEY DO ALL THIS WITH LOVING CARE.

THEN GAZE INTO A POOL TO SEE,
IF THEY ARE AS PRETTY AS CAN BE
THEN SATISFIED, THEY WHIRL WITH GLEE
THEY ARE A WONDEROUS SIGHT TO SEE.

ON TIP-TOES THEY DO TWIRL ABOUT
THEN LEAP UP HIGH AND GIVE A SHOUT
THEY MAKE THEIR DANCE UP AS THEY GO
SOME DANCE FAST, SOME DANCE SLOW.

IN WOODEN GLEN WITH FLOWERS SWEET
THE FAERIES DANCE ON MAGIC FEET
THEIR PRETTY DRESSES FLOW WITH GRACE
SWEET PRECIOUS SMILES ARE ON THEIR FACE.

DOWN GRASSEY BLADES, THEY SLIP AND SLIDE
THEIR LAUGHTER FILLS THE COUNTRYSIDE
OWLS LOOK DOWN AS FAERIES DANCE
AND THINK THE FAERIES SEEM ENTRANCED.

FOR THEY DO CAPER THRU THE GLEN
THEIR ENERGIES SEEM NOT TO END
SUCH LITTLE BEINGS ON GOLDEN WING
FLY THRU THE AIR, THEIR VOICES RING.

WHAT MAKES THEM FEEL THIS HAPPINESS
THIS JOYFUL, SPARKLING, SHINING BLISS
DO THEY HAVE A SECRET RARE
ONE THAT WE MORTALS CAN NOT SHARE?

THEIR MAGIC IS NOT KNOWN TO MAN
WE CAN NOT FLY, NO......NO MAN CAN
THEY SEEM TO NEVER HAVE A CARE
AS THEY FLY UP THROUGH GLISTENING AIR.

THEY LAND ON FLOWERS PETALS FAIR
BUT SOME KEEP WINGING THRU THE AIR
THEY DANCE UPON THE POOL SO NEAR
THEY NEVER SINK SO THERE'S NO FEAR.

THEIR SPARKLING LAUGHTER FILLS THE SKY
ON DOWNEY CURRENTS THEY SAIL HIGH
THEN GENTLY DRIFT ON AMBER WING
AS TINY VOICES IN CHORUS... SING.

IT IS SUCH A JOY TO SEE
THESE LOVELY FAERIES DANCING FREE
BUT THEN THE SUN WILL SOON ARISE
THE FAERIES MOUNT UP TO THE SKIES.

BUT WHERE THEY COME FROM YOU CAN'T KNOW
AND IT'S A SECRET WHERE THEY GO
YOU ONLY SEE THEM, JUST BY CHANCE
WHEN EVENING COMES AND FAERIES DANCE!

SKYANGEL © 1997

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