The Song of The Greater Knapweed Fairy

Oh please, little children, take note of my name:

To call me a thistle is really a shame:

I'm harmless old Knapweed, who grows on the chalk,

I never will prick you when out for your walk.

Yet, I should be sorry, yes, sorry indeed,

To cut your small fingers and call them to bleed;

So bid me Good Morning when out for your walk,

And mind how you pull at my very tough stalk.

(Sometimes this Knapweed is called Hardhead; and he has

a little brother, little Knapweed, whose flower is not quite like this.-CMB)

The Greater Knapweed Fairy

Cecily Mary Barker

Greater Knapweed, also called Centaurea scabiosa,

 is a wildflower found in Great Britain and Ireland.

"The Song Of The Greater Knapweed Fairy"

Cecily Mary Barker

(1895-1973)

English artist and poetess