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The Pixie's Hat

from Solid Ground by Paul Gill

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I wrote this whilst 'tree- sitting' at the Jesmond Dene road protest in the summer of 1993. I'm scared of heights anyway, and climbing into a hammock for the first time terrified me so much I didn't get out for 3 days. i got very stoned, and one night heard pixies in the woods- I learned later that an elderly couple had got lost and must have encountered me off my head and 30ft up a sycamore. I was learning the tin whistle, came up with the melody and then this story rushed out after it.

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As I was walking through the woods today
One of the pixie folk I chanced to spy
And on his little head he wore a tidy piece
Sure I'll have that hat says I
Well it was red and green and it was stitched with gold
It was a handsome sight for to behold
And from the point of it there hung two golden bells
One rang high the other low

Well he then sang a song it was of trees and beasts
It was a magic song to that I'd swear
For as I then leapt out all for to seize the hat
Sure he turned into a hare
Well then away he ran and I took up the chase
And to be sure it was a hardy race
He twisted here and there did that crafty hare
I could not long keep up the pace

Well I was out of breath could hardly take a step
So I sat down upon a fallen tree
And as I tarried there to rest my weary limbs
Sure I quickly fell asleep
When I'd had forty winks about an hour had passed
Before I op'ed my eyes again at last
And there to my surprise before my very eyes
The pixie sat upon the grass

Well how d'ya do says he, says he d'ya want my hat
And it flew off his head and onto mine
The pixie now bows low and then he disappears
Sure he's laughing all the time
Well I felt fine and bold in red and green and gold
I felt a handsome sight for to behold
But then when I got home and down the street did rosm
I was embarrassed to be told
It was made of leaves and stitched with horse's hair
It was a strangely sight for to behold
And from the point of it there hung two acorn shells
A neither made a sound at at all,

credits

from Solid Ground, released May 28, 1998
Paul Gill- guitar, vocal
Maya Preece- vocal
Stevie P- bazouki
John O'Leary- percussion
Fraggle- tin whistle

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