Just a fun little frolic with the Fae....or not.
The prompt was opposite pairs. I guess I kind of left out the pair part, and went with the opposites.
Thank you, @andygriff for coming along on this one with me. I love the melody that you found, and thank you for playing and singing it!!!
Chorus:
Muggles and fae
Muggles and Fae
It has ever been this way
There are people who find the magic within,
And others find anything magic a sin.
Some of us sail through the world with a smile
Tracking sunbeams and moonbeams and stars.
Some of us skulk through the days and the nights
Thinking all of the others bizarre.
Muggles and fae
Muggles and Fae
It has ever been this way
There are people who find the magic within,
And others find anything magic a sin.
The Fae might be mischievous, restless and wild,
Ethereal, kind or unruly,
But muggles are commonly perceptually blind,
Seeing their mundane world cruelly.
Muggles and fae
Muggles and Fae
It has ever been this way
There are people who find the magic within,
And others find anything magic a sin.
Even ogres that live in the mystical world
Love trinkets and feasting and fun,
And don’t understand about muggles at all,
Wondering why they can’t eat every one!
(But, they don't!)
Muggles and fae
Muggles and Fae
It has ever been this way
There are people who find the magic within,
And others find anything magic a sin.
Bridge
If you are a muggle come join our dance
It’s far more enchanting I swear.
You’ll soon find your way,
As you frolic and play,
And we don’t give a fig what you wear!
No, we don’t give a fig what you wear.
Muggles and Fae
Muggles and Fae
It has ever been this way
There are people who find the magic within,
And others find anything magic...
Muggles and fae
Muggles and Fae
It has ever been this way
There are people who find the magic within,
And others find anything magic a sin.
Muggles and Fae
Muggles and Fae
Muggles and Fae...
© Copyright 2022
Lyrics Sheila Kaufman
Music Andy Griffiths
@gm7 Apr 2022
Just a great sing a long song . The melody is great but the imagery is excellent. I love this line which is a positive and fun.."There are people who find the magic within"
@ferry0123 Mar 2022
It's really nice to sing along. It's been a while since I heard a song this singable. I love these lines: There are people who find the magic within,
And others find anything magic a sin. #tit4tat
@crisp1 Mar 2022
Has a "Puff the Magic Dragon" charm to it. A really playful lyric and an easygoing melody that we are humming along to in no time.
@fearlessflight2014 Mar 2022
This is just captivating! I feel a bit more magic in my life already. The lyric flows so well and is sung so beautifully!
@wylddandelyon Mar 2022
Oh, I love this! The chorus is so sadly true. And this verse too:
The Fae might be mischievous, restless and wild,
Ethereal, kind or unruly,
But muggles are commonly perceptually blind,
Seeing their mundane world cruelly.
I think I want to sing this one, if that would be all right.
#tit4tat
@kahlo2013 Mar 2022
This is really wonderful! I love how it flows and the wonderful vocal delivery of that really fabulous chorus. Nice change up between chorus and verses. Love the magical and special feel to this!
@coolparadiso Mar 2022
#tit4tat Nice ride through that magical world. A nice lyric which Andy always squeezes the goodness out of and into the world. Very nice
@cjk Feb 2022
Love it and what everybody else said ;-)
@mikeb Feb 2022
A nice folky treatment of these fantasy/real world lyrics!
@janeg Feb 2022
I absolutely love this! Great pairing of those who find the magic and those who find magic a sin. Poor ogres. Any chance of getting chords from you for my husband who plays guitar for me, and permission to cover this at a filk circle?
@danvaillancourt Feb 2022
Great listen! Love all the movement in the melody of those middle lines of the chorus, great contrast with the repeating of the muggles and fae lines. Lots of fun lines. Well played and delivered.
@kenmattsson Feb 2022
Really great write on this, both lyrically and musically. The chorus is a treat. Thanks!
@helenseviltwin Feb 2022
This has a real singalong chorus. Cute concept well executed!
@seemanski Feb 2022
This is lovely, admittedly I came to listen because of Harry potter and I had to Google fae afterwards to figure out what they were. Loved the adaptation into music, it sounds fantastic.
@melaniepegge Feb 2022
This is charming and fun!
@dragondreams Feb 2022
This is just wonderful. And you just know I'm going to be attracted to anything connected with Fae. Andy has worked magic with these words. I love it!
@bithprod Feb 2022
The melody of the chorus drew me right in, as it reminded me of Clocks & Spoons by John Prine (and that's a compliment). The lyrics are great, and the music is equally excellent. Whether or not they belong together for eternity, I'm not as sure, but yeah... opposites attract. ;) Memorable chorus, and this here muggle identifying as a wizard will be humming it for a long time. Great job, both of you!
@mariekevinkmusic Feb 2022
How did I miss this song?
I love it. The last 2 lines of the chorus are extra lovely.
@berni1954 Feb 2022
Love that Chorus.
This song expresses perfectly the way I increasingly see this polarised world. In these last few years, the shadow of HWMNBN seems to have spread across the world creating death eaters of more and more muggles. :-(
@zeekle1998 Feb 2022
Fantastic fantasy lyrics. A fun look at the magical world vs the non magical world. Favourite verse is the Ogres.
@andygriff Feb 2022
Hey again, I've sent you an email with my tune idea attached. Feel free to use or not. It was certainly fun having a go, although I think I copied a few of the words down wrong!
@vivalarayna Feb 2022
Haha, the ogre's dilemma! Love that you took a magickal approach with this with some lovely advice woven throughout. It really is about finding the magic within.
Side note, if so inclined, you might want to tag this with #magick and add it to this forum:
https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12531/#c266559
@musicsongwriter Feb 2022
Fantastic lyrics, very well written, poetic and clever. Please let me know when your collaboration is up.
@andrea Feb 2022
Fantastic fantastical lyrics. I love the theme. It is clever and fun. I can't wait to hear it with music!
@andygriff Feb 2022
I like these lyrics very much. Would you object if I attempted to set them to music? Can't promise anything amazing but I could try.
@odilongreen Feb 2022
Very transporting words -- I especially like the ogre verse. I kind of "hear" this as having an ethereal and lilting backing track, although I'm sure this could be performed lots of ways!