Tessie O'Shea Transposer
Nobody Loves a Fairy when she's 40
Arthur Le Clerq
Song : E
C
For years a fairy queen I've been
G7
For years I foiled the Demon King
E7 Am E7 Am
But alas I'm getting on the years have flown somehow
D G D7 Bm7 G7
And I feel that Fairy Snowdrop isn't wanted now
Chorus :
C Am7 G7
Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty
C Adim7 G7
Nobody loves a fairy when she's old
A7 Dm G7 A7 Dm G7
She may still have a magic power but that is not enough
D A D7 G
They like their bit of magic from a younger bit of stuff
G7 C Am7 G7
When once your silver star has lost its glitter
C Adim7 Dm7 G7
And your tinsel looks like rust instead of gold
F D7 C Edim7 A7
Fairy days are ending when your wand has started bending
Dm G7 C
No-one loves a fairy when shes old
C
For years I reigned in Fairy Dell
G7
I waved my wand and waved it well
E7 Am E7 Am
If I can't do all I did Im satisfied because
D G D7 Bm7 G7
I'd sooner be a Has-Been that I would a Never Was
C Am7 G7
Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty
C Adim7 G7
Nobody loves a fairy when she's old
The face of this Immortal One to many has appealed
But gone is the illusion once you've had it soled and heeled
When you've lost your little fairy dimples
And the moth holes in your dress let in the cold
The Goblins and the Pixies turn their backs and say Hi Nixey
No one loves a fairy when she's old.
C Am7 G7
Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty
C Adim7 G7
Nobody loves a fairy when she's old
As far as I can see they try to push you off the map
When once your wand has withered and your wings refuse to flap
When you can't cast a spell without it spilling
And a fairy tale for years you haven't told
You stand there shouting What O.. but they all pass by your Grotto
Nobody loves a fairy when shes old.
C Am7 G7
Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty
C Adim7 G7
Nobody loves a fairy when she's old
They don't give you an earthly chance to make a livelihood
Theyre building council houses now in my enchanted wood
When you are past the age for Television
And the air you use is government controlled
It seems that they would sooner
Listen to a blinkin' crooner
Nobody loves a fairy when shes old.
Transposer