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FAIRYLAND
When first into Fairyland I went
I was so happy and so content;
For a little fairy carried me there
Who had large blue eyes and golden hair.
I was so happy and so content;
For a little fairy carried me there
Who had large blue eyes and golden hair.
'Twas a beautiful wood with great high trees
That scattered gold leaves as they shook in the breeze,
Where the oriole flashed and the blue-jay screamed,
And the trees and the sky in the smooth lake dreamed.
That scattered gold leaves as they shook in the breeze,
Where the oriole flashed and the blue-jay screamed,
And the trees and the sky in the smooth lake dreamed.
There we played party, down in the glen,
And made believe ladies and gentlemen,
And put on their airs and talked of the weather.
Oh! we were so happy together.
And made believe ladies and gentlemen,
And put on their airs and talked of the weather.
Oh! we were so happy together.
And there was a garden we dug with a stick.
And planted with flower-seeds ever so thick,
And stuck all the wild flowers we found in it, too,
And dug them up daily to see how they grew.
And planted with flower-seeds ever so thick,
And stuck all the wild flowers we found in it, too,
And dug them up daily to see how they grew.
Sometimes both our children we hushed into bed,
And wove wreaths of woodbine to wear on our head,
And barberries for earings we tied on with strings,
And went to make visits to queens and to kings.
And wove wreaths of woodbine to wear on our head,
And barberries for earings we tied on with strings,
And went to make visits to queens and to kings.
Oh! 't was so pleasant there in the wood;
How glad I should be to go back if I could;
But the fairy returns not who carried me there,
And the place without her would be dreary and bare.
How glad I should be to go back if I could;
But the fairy returns not who carried me there,
And the place without her would be dreary and bare.
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