Heather Alexander Faerie Queen

One wintry night a wondrous sight I met while riding back Returning from a ceili, with me fiddle in me pack My horse, he stopped quite suddenly, his ears began to twitch He bucked and threw me pack and all into a nearby ditch I tried to rise, but then my eyes alighted on a scene Of faerie creatures dancing by, cavorting round their Queen She d been out hunting, it was plain, delighted by her prize And though he was in thrall to her, I knew his gentle eyes I stood again and shouted when they drew abreast of me, I challenge you, for you have caught my husbandsoontobe They stopped and she stared down at me, the Queen astride her steed, I see you have the courage, dear, but skill is what you need