IF I WERE A FAIRY!

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1929, Page 25 (Supplement)

IF I WERE A FAIRY!

If I were a Fairy-Child, two inches high, I’d do all the loveliest things! I’d ride on a Swallow’s back into the sky. I’d borrow a Butterfly’s wings. The Field-Mouse would show me her little round home, I’d go there to tea with another wee Gnome, We’d play hide-and-scck in the waterfall foam, If I were a Fairy-Child! If I were a Fairy-Child, ever so small, What glorious fun it would be! Each grass-blade would seem like a wil-low-tree tall, They’d tower quite high above me. Td dance with the Sunset-Elves into the West, And when I felt tired, and wanted to rest, I’d climb in a Robin’s or Blackbird’s warm nest If I were a Fairy-Child! If I were a Fairy-Child, all the day long These heavenly things I could do! The Sky-Larks would teach me the magical song They sing as they soar in the blue. The Spiders might spin me a fine hammock bed, Wild-roses a pillow would lend for my head, And Glow-worm could give me a wee night-light red, If I were a Fairy-Child. Ah yes! If I were a Fairy-Childj