[00:48.410]Child of the pure unclouded brow
[00:51.220]And dreaming eyes of wonder!
[00:53.550]Though time be fleet and I and thou
[00:57.210]Are half a life asunder
[01:00.030]Thy loving smile will surely hail
[01:02.990]The love gift of a fairytale.
[01:05.930]Thy loving smile will surely hail
[01:09.560]The love gift of a fairytale.
[01:12.370]I have not seen thy sunny face
[01:15.240]Nor heard thy silver laughter:
[01:18.210]No thought of me shall find a place
[01:21.320]In thy young life's hereafter
[01:24.410]Enough that now thou wilt not fail
[01:27.150]To listen to my fairytale
[01:30.250]Enough that now thou wilt not fail
[01:33.250]To listen to my fairytale.
[02:24.410]A tale begun in other days
[02:27.060]When summer suns were glowing-
[02:30.570]A simple chime that served to time
[02:33.180]The rhythm of our rowing-
[02:36.200]Whose echoes live in memory yet
[02:39.110]Though envious years would say "forget."
[02:42.510]Whose echoes live in memory yet
[02:44.980]Though envious years would say "forget."
[02:48.300]Come hearken then ere voice of dread
[02:51.180]With bitter tidings laden
[02:53.910]Shall summon to unwelcome bed
[02:57.370]A melancholy maiden!
[03:00.050]We are but older children dear
[03:03.290]Who fret to find our bedtime near.
[03:06.300]We are but older children dear
[03:09.140]Who fret to find our bedtime near.
[04:00.500]Without the frost the blinding snow
[04:03.660]The stormwind's moody madness-
[04:06.170]Within the firelight's ruddy glow
[04:09.050]And childhood's nest of gladness.
[04:12.110]The magic words shall hold thee fast:
[04:15.170]Thou shalt not heed the raving blast.
[04:18.140]The magic words shall hold thee fast:
[04:21.170]Thou shalt not heed the raving blast.
[04:24.330]And though the shadow of a sigh
[04:27.190]May tremble through the story
[04:30.190]For "happy summer days" gone by
[04:32.950]And vanish'd summer glory-
[04:35.630]It shall not touch with breath of bale
[04:39.720]The pleasance of our fairytale.
[04:42.270]It shall not touch with breath of bale
[04:45.170]The pleasance of our fairytale.
[04:48.290]Though time be fleet and I and thou
[04:51.600]Are half a life asunder
[04:54.070]Thy loving smile will surely hail
[04:57.250]The love gift of a fairytale