Roger Taylor
The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke (Live at the Rainbow, London, 31st March 1974)
Ahhh, ahhh, ahh
Ah-ah
Fairy folk have gathered 'round
The new moonshine
See the feller crack-a-nut
At night's noon-time
Axe he swears
'cause he climbs he dare
To deliver
Ploughman 'Waggoner Will' and types
Politician with senatorial pipe
Dally-oh
Pedagogue squinting wears a frown
And a satyr peers under lady's gown
What a dirty lad-io
Tatterdemalion and a junketer
There's a thief and a dragonfly trumpeter
Hero
Fairy dandy tickling the fancy
Of his lady friend...
In yellow
What a quaere fellow...
(Instrumental bridge/piano-guitar solo)
Soldier, sailor, tinker, tailor, ploughboy
Waiting to hear the sound
And the arch-magician presides
He is the leader
Oberon and Titania watched by a harridan
Mab is the queen
And there's a good apothecary man
Come to say hello
Fairy dandy tickling the fancy
Of his lady friend
In yellow
What a quaere fellow ...
The ostler stares with hands on his knees
Come on Mr. Feller
Crack it open if you please
Ahhhh, ahh ...
(drumroll Coda)
(Roger: Thank you
Freddie: Tell you what, it's time you all joined in, everybody, and I know you know the words to this one, all you gotta do is clap along, sing along the choruses, it's called ...)