Faerie's Gift

Background

This song was written by Jon Chesey in April 2023.

A recording is available on YouTube.

Lyrics

Down in a hollow in the woods, is where the faeries dance.
Come with me and we’ll visit them, and maybe get the chance.
To join with them in revelry. To join in magic’s song.
So take my hand now, if you dare. Oh, will you come along?

If you would, then bring a gift, to stay in their good grace.
For if you don’t, you’ll never find, the faerie's sacred space.
Shells, and cream, and shiny stones, all have great appeal.
But never should you bring them iron. They have no love of steel.

If you would visit the fairy folk, you must look for the signs.
Follow, now, this mushroom trail. Push aside these vines.
Cross between two hazel trees, and follow the spider’s thread.
If we have followed the path full true, the grove will be ahead.

Can you hear the sound of their ankle bells, tinkling in the glade?
Tonight will be an enchanted one. Approach now, unafraid.
See them now in the pale moonlight. Upon soft moss they twirl.
Moving softly as the wind. In falling leaves they swirl.

Taste now the sweetness of their wine, lifting spirits high.
This fair folk, she would dance with you. It seems you’ve caught her eye.
A kiss is placed upon your lips, as you dance till break of day.
She places something in your hand as the darkness slips away.

Wake ye now in your own bed, as from a pleasant dream.
Was last night just a fantasy, or more than it would seem?
You feel something still in your hand, and to your face you lift,
A stream smooth rock, with a hole in it. It is the faerie’s gift.

Chords

D, Am, C, G
D, Am, C, D
G, C, A7, C, G
D, Am, C, D