Fairwell to Thee, Daugher Mine
Once Upon A Time...
Forget us now each time we sleep,
An endless curse amongst us creeps,
You alone should break the spell
return us to from which we fell
A babe in arms, we loved you most
summoned from realms; trees to coast
those with the powers both fierce and wild
to protect with skill our beloved child
Through our domain they made the course
our safety to firmly enforce
and yet our fault, our one mistake
the witch forgotten, havoc did make
The curse, the curse, her wicked spade
torn apart from our beloved babe
for while she may wake and live and weep
for all time we must remain and sleep
Forgive us child, we knew not what she sought
but for you she wished, a life forgot
An endless sleep, no life to live
Our punishment, your life to give
But a mother's love: wholesome, pure
Gave a single choice, so rest assured
You die each day, but in mind alone
Our daughter’s death is not bemoaned
I know you’ll toil, day in and out,
Far from this place, you’ll do without
The horror of a loveless mother
So my gift to you; a fairy godmother
Who’ll love, and cherish, and safely care,
For you my dove, my daughter fair,
While you live and laugh and cry and grow
Far from the mother you’ll never know
For though it pains me, away you'll be
from both this wicked fairy and from me
for you she'll search and try to find
but in this realm she'll be confined
This time shall pass, my mind unclear
until you reach your sixteenth year
I'll live without you, an unknown ache,
until this malicious curse you'll break
For while my memory will twist and break,
your training and strength do not forsake
for your duty is and shall remain
to kill the woman, our kingdom's bane
For while we live, our realm she'll rule
her the queen, and I the fool
A monstrous terror she will be
until the day you set us free
My grown up child, never seen before
my baby girl, I will hold once more
and there we'll be, as if time had froze
my daughter forever, my Briar Rose