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Fairy Circle

from Wee Folk Stomp by Ginger Ackley

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The tune comes from a traditional Ohio folk song about a flood, but it turned into a Fairy Circle game! Make a big circle and choose kings and queens of Faery and they will choose friends to come and play!

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Make a ring and choose your Fairy Kings and Queens. Start with whatever number you want and count down each verse until everyone is in (or out) of the Circle!

Gather friends, now as I sing!
Make a ring around me, oh!
Go choose someone to go with you
To dance in the Fairy Circle, oh!

There's four (three… two…. one) in the middle and I can't catch Posie!
Four in the middle and I can't get around
Four in the middle and I can't catch Posie!
Fairies all around!
Air and Fire, Water and the Earth!
Dance! Dance! Dance for all you're worth!
Let them go, go, go! Let them go, go, go!
Let them go for to stay here in Fairy Land!
Now they're gone, gone, gone!
Now they're gone, gone, gone!
Now they've gone for to stay here in Fairy Land!

(Last verse when everybody is in (or out) of the circle!)

Gather friends, now as I sing!
Make a ring around me, oh!
Go choose someone to go with you
To dance in the Fairy Circle, oh!
We're all in the middle and we can't catch Posie!
All in the middle and we can't get around
All in the middle and we can't catch Posie! Fairies all around!
Air and Fire, Water and the Earth!
Dance! Dance! Dance for all you're worth!
Hail the Lady Fair! Hail the Lord so rare!
Now we dance in the Circle of Fairy Land
Hail the Lady Fair! Hail the Lord so rare!
Now we dance in the Circle of Fairy Land

Ok! Big breath! Throw up your hands up
and let the Fairy Magic fly!!!!
The Circle is open but never broken!

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from Wee Folk Stomp, released March 1, 2019
Lyrics: Ginger Ackley
Melody: Traditional "The Raging Canal"
Vocals, Autoharp, Penny Whistle, Keyboard: Ginger Ackley

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Ginger Ackley Cleveland, Ohio

Starting out in Texas, Ginger made it to Ohio as quickly as she could! Her music is full of magic and stories, seasoned with a love of folk and Celtic music. Her penny whistles often accompany her, too!

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