THE FAIRY CIRCUS
The Elves just love a Circus. Beneath the moonbeam’s light. And if you’re really very good. They’ll ask you to their Fairy Wood, To show you one. some night! Trained mice will dance a polka. You’ll laugh at Froggy Clown; And then the Fairy Columbine Will trip along a cobweb-line. And balance up and down.
A Beetle bangs the big drum, A cricket plays the bones. Old Daddy-long-legs, tall and thin, Draws music from the violin, With squeaky little tones. Sir Spider wields the baton. And keeps the band in time, And after every fine display. Cock Robin chirps a roundelay And Bluebells ring a chime!
The Ring-master’s a Weasel. He cracks his whip of grass. And ushers in the Squirrel Folk Who play an acrobatic joke, Upon the dewy grass, The Fairies sit on toadstools, And clap with real delight. And when the show is done, they say “We’ll come again another day!" Then bid each one good-night.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 98, 16 July 1927, Page 21
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162THE FAIRY CIRCUS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 98, 16 July 1927, Page 21
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