The Song Of The Wild Rose Fairy

I am the queen whom everybody knows:

I am the English Rose;

As light and free as any Jenny Wren,

And dear to Englishmen;

As joyous as a Robin Redbreast's tune,

I scent the air of June;

The Wild Fairy Rose

Cecily Mary Barker

My buds are rosy as a baby's cheek;

I have one word to speak,

One word which is my secret and my song,

'Tis "England, England, England" all day long.

Sweet and dainty wild roses

"The Song Of The Wild Rose Fairy"

Cecily Mary Barker

(1895-1973)

English illustrator and poetess