by Frederick E. Weatherly (1848 - 1929)
The Fairy Pipers
Language: English
When all the birds are gone to sleep, and all the frogs are still, If you would hear the fairy pipes, Come out upon the hill. Come out! come out! Listen on the air! Up there! down there! Playing ev’rywhere! Oh hark! Oh hear! Don’t you hear the tune? Airy fairy pipers underneath the merry moon! They’ll play to you of Cupid’s tricks, Of lovely queens and kings, Of fights and fun and politics, And lots of other things. Oh hark! Oh hear! Can’t you hear them play? Up there! down there! Till the break of day! Oh hark! Oh hear! Don’t you love the tune? Airy fairy pipers underneath the silver moon! But if you doubt that this can be, And question what I say, You’ll never hear the melody The fairy pipers play. Then come! come out! Listen while you can, Up there! down there! Since the world began. Oh hark! Oh hear! Oh the happy tune! Airy fairy pipers underneath the silver moon! Come! Come!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by A. (Alfred or Arthur?) Herbert Brewer (1865 - 1928), "The Fairy Pipers", published 1939, copyright © 1939. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-11
Line count: 37
Word count: 168