by Robert Graves (1895 - 1985)
I'd love to be a Fairy's child
Language: English
Children born of fairy stock Never need for shirt or frock, Never want for food or fire, Always get their heart's desire: Jingle pockets full of gold, Marry when they're seven years old. Every fairy child may keep Two strong ponies and ten sheep; All have houses, each his own, Built of brick or granite stone; They live on cherries, they run wild -- I'd love to be a Fairy's child.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Graves (1895 - 1985), "I'd love to be a Fairy's child", appears in Fairies and Fusiliers, first published 1918 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Eric McElroy , "I'd love to be a Fairy's child", 2017 [ voice and piano ], from A Dead Man's Embers - Six Poems of Robert Graves, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Newton Swift , "I'd love to be a Fairy's child", published 1935 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Songs to Sing to Children [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 70