07.The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke(1974 - Queen II ,1994 Digital Remasters)
Written by Freddie Mercury
He's a Fairy Feller The fairy folk have gathered round the new-moon shine To see the Feller crack a nut at night's noon-time To swing his axe he swears, as it climbs he dares To deliver... The master-stroke
Ploughman, Waggoner Will, and types Politician with senatorial pipe - he's a dilly-dally-o Pedagogue squinting, wears a frown And a satyr peers under lady's gown, dirty fellow What a dirty laddio Tatterdemalion and a junketer There's a thief and a dragonfly trumpeter - he's my hero, aah
Fairy dandy tickling the fancy of his lady friend The nymph in yellow can we see the master-stroke What a quaere fellow
Soldier, sailor, tinker, tailer, ploughboy Waiting to hear the sound And the arch-magician presides He is the leader Oberon and Titania watched by the 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 The nymph in yellow What a quaere fellow The ostler stands with hands on his knees Come on Mr. Feller, crack it open if you please ----------------------------------------------------- «The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke». Меркьюри продолжает свою фэнтезийную тему, только здесь уже слышится некий стеб, который можно заметить уже по названию: вместо «сказочника» (fairy teller) перед нами предстает «дроворуб из сказки» (fairy feller), похваляющийся своими подвигами перед разношерстной публикой, вероятно, в какой-нибудь таверне. Вновь следует отметить совершенно непредсказуемые вокальные вариации.