The Song Of The Burdock Fairy

Wee little hooks on each brown little bur,

(Mind where you're going, O Madam and Sir!)

How they will cling to your skirt-hem and stocking!

Hear how the Burdock is laughing and mocking:

Try to get rid of me, try as you will,

Shake me and scold me, I'll stick to you still,

I'll stick to you still!

"The Song Of The Burdock Fairy"

Illustration and Poem 

Cecily Mary Barker

(1895-1973)

English illustrator and poetess,

portrait-painter of the English fairy-folk