| Em | Em | D | D |
(He's a fairy feller)
| G C G | Am |
[Verse]
Am
The fairy folk have gathered
Am
round the new-moon shine
Am
To see the feller crack a nut at
B
night's noon-time
Em
To swing his axe he swears,
D
as it climbs he dares
C
To deliver
Am B
The Master-Stroke
| Em | Em |
[Chorus]
C G Am
Ploughman, "Waggoner Will", and types
C G Am
Politician with senatorial pipe -
Dm Am
he's a dilly-dally-o
F
Pedagogue squinting, wears a frown
F C Dm
And a satyr peers under lady's
Am
gown, a dirty fellow
Dm F G
What a dirty laddio
[Chorus]
C G Am
Tatterdemalion and a junketer
C G Am
There's a thief and a dragonfly
Dm Am
trumpeter he's my hero (a- ah)
F
Fairy dandy tickling the
Bb F C Dm
fancy of his lady friend
Am
The nymph in yellow (can we see the master stroke)
Dm F G
What a quaere fellow
[Instumental]
| Am | Am | Bbm | Bbm |
| D A | D A | D A | D C |
| B |
[Verse]
Am
Soldier, sailor, tinker, tailor, ploughboy
B
Waiting to hear the sound
Em D
And the arch-magician presides
C Am B
He is the leader
| Em |
[Chorus]
C G Am
Oberon and Titania watched by a harridan
C G Am
Mab is the queen and there's a good apothecary-man
Dm
Come to say hello
F
Fairy dandy tickling the
Bb F C Dm
fancy of his lady friend
Am
The nymph in yellow
Dm F G
What a quaere fellow
[Otro]
C G Am
The ostler stares with hands on his knees
C G
Come on Mr. Feller,
Am
crack it open of you please