Nobody Loves A Fairy When She's Forty 1934

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23Mar2025
2025

For years a Fairy Queen I've bin'
for years I failed the Demon King,
but, alas, I'm getting on,
the years have flown somehow
and I feel that Fairy Snowdrop
isn't wanted now.

Nobody loves a Fairy when she's forty,
nobody loves a fairy when she's old,
She may still have a magic power
but that is not enough,
they like their bit of magic
from a younger bit of stuff;
when once your silver star
has lost its glitter
and your tinsel looks like
rust instead of gold,
your fairy days are ending
when your wand has started bending
no one loves a fairy when she's old,

Nobody loves a Fairy when she's forty,
nobody loves a fairy when she's old,
The face of this immortal one
to many has appealed
but gone is the illusion
once you've had it soled and heeled,
when you have lost your
little fairy dimples
and the mothholes
in your dress let in the cold,
the goblins and the pyxies
turn their backs and say "Hi Nixy"
no one loves a fairy when she's old,

For years I reigned in Fairy Dell.
I waved my wand and waved it well.
If I can't do all I did
I'm satisfied becos' I'd sooner
be a "Hasbeen" than
I would a "Neverwas"

Nobody loves a Fairy when she's forty,
nobody loves a fairy when she's old,
As far as I can see
they try to push you off the map
when once your wand
has withered and your
wings refuse to flap,
when you can't cast a spell
without it spilling
and a fairy tale for years
you haven't told,
you stand there shouting "What O"
but they all pass by your grotto
no one loves a fairy when she's old,

Nobody loves a Fairy when she's forty,
nobody loves a fairy when she's old,
They don't give you an earthly chance
to make a livelihood,
They're building Council Houses
now in my enchanted wood.
When you are past
the age for Television
and the air you use
is Government controlled.
It seems that they would sooner
listen to a blinking crooner
no one loves a fairy when she's

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Nobody Loves A Fairy When She's Forty 1934
Lyrics & Music by Arhur Le Clerq
© MCMXXXIV by Lawrence Wright Music Co.Ltd.  London
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sequence Karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 23 March 2025 at 15.35
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne