The Song Of The Traveller's Joy Fairy

Traveller, traveller, tramping by

To the seaport town where the big ships lie,

See, I have built a shady bower

To shelter you from the sun or shower.

Rest for a bit, then on, my boy!

Luck go with you, and Traveller's Joy!

 The Traveller's Joy Fairy

Cecily Mary Barker

Traveller, traveller, tramping home

From foreign places beyond the foam,

See, I have hung out a white festoon

To greet the lad with the dusty shoon.

Somewhere a lass looks out for a boy:

Luck be with you, and Traveller's joy!

"Traveller's Joy is Wild Clematis; and when the flowers are over,

it becomes a mass of silky fluff, and then we call it Old-Man's-Beard"

-Cecily Mary Barker

"The Song Of The Traveller's Joy Fairy"

Cecily Mary Barker

(1895-1973)

English illustrator and poetess