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No. 18: SONG (Fairy Queen)
"Oh, foolish fay"

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Queen.   Oh, foolish fay,     Think you, because   His brave array   My bosom thaws, I’d disobey     Our fairy laws?   Because I fly     In realms above,   In tendency     To fall in love,   Resemble I     The amorous dove?   Resemble I     The amorous dove? (Aside.)     Oh, amorous dove!         Type of Ovidius Naso!       This heart of mine         Is soft as thine,     Although I dare not say so! Fairies.       Oh, amorous dove!         Type of Ovidius Naso! Queen.       This heart of mine         Is soft as thine,     Although I dare not say so!

Bertha Lewis & Leo Sheffield, 1926

Evelyn Gardiner & Sydney Granville, 1939

Queen.   On fire that glows     With heat intense   I turn the hose   Of common sense, And out it goes     At small expense!   We must maintain     Our fairy law;   That is the main     On which to draw –   In that we gain     A Captain Shaw!   In that we gain     A Captain Shaw! (Aside.)     Oh, Captain Shaw!         Type of true love kept under!       Could thy Brigade         With cold cascade     Quench my great love, I wonder! Fairies.       Oh, Captain Shaw!         Type of true love kept under! Queen.       Could thy Brigade         With cold cascade     Quench my great love, I wonder!

Exeunt Fairies and Fairy Queen, sorrowfully.

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