Fireflies and Fae

Come out, come out, the moon is high
Come out and dance the dark away

The sun went down and the first stars came
And I took up my fiddle to play
I drew one note on the silver strings
And the sleeping lake woke up to sway
Then a hundred little lanterns rose
All glowing green and gold
A sharp-eyed thing in a cap of leaves
Slipped out from the reeds so bold

Hey, the fireflies and the fae
Come down to the water tonight
Spin me round on the moss and the stone
In a ring of the greenwood light
I was a stranger on every road I roamed
But I'll never dance alone
No, I'll never dance alone
With the fireflies and the fae

The otters clapped on the riverbank
And the foxes came with their tails held high
The old stag bowed to the weeping willow
And an owl kept time from a branch nearby
I played till the reeds were wet with dew
Till the east turned soft and pale
And every creature wild and small
Danced away my lonesome tale

Hey, the fireflies and the fae
Come down to the water tonight
Spin me round on the moss and the stone
In a ring of the greenwood light
I was a stranger on every road I roamed
But I'll never dance alone
No, I'll never dance alone
With the fireflies and the fae

Hey, the fireflies and the fae
Come down to the water tonight
Spin me round on the moss and the stone
In a ring of the greenwood light
I was a stranger on every road I roamed
But I'll never dance alone
No, I'll never dance alone
With the fireflies and the fae

Come out, come out, the moon is high
Come out and dance the dark away
With the fireflies and the fae