The Fairy Fellers Master-Stroke Lyrics

he's a fairy fellerthe fairy folk have gathered round the new moon shineto see the feller crack a nut at nights noon timeto swing his ace he swears, as it climbs he daresto deliver...the master-strokeploughman, "waggoner will", and typespolitician with senatorial pope - he's a dilly-dally-opedagogue squinting, wears a frownand a satyr peers under lady's gown, dirty fellowwhat a dirty laddiotatterdemalion and a junketerthere's a thief and a dragonfly trumpeter - he's my herofairy dandy tickling the fancy of his lady friendthe nymph in yellow "can we see the master-stroke"what a quaere fellowsoldier, sailor, tinker, tailor, ploughboywaiting to hear the soundand the arch-magician presideshe is the leaderoberon and titania watched by a harridanmab is the queen and there's a good apothecary-mancome to say hellofairy dandy tickling the fancy of his lady friendthe nymph in yellowwhat a quaere fellowthe ostler stares with hands on his kneescome on mr. feller, crack it open if you please