Song for Ann Mari Sjögren
This is where we dance and swing
This is where we play
This is where we learn to sing
Here we greet the day.
Fly with me and be my friend
Taste sweet honeydew
Smell the flowers and transcend
Cry at skies of blue.
Feel the joy of nature’s gift
Tease the playful fowl
Swim and splash with trout so swift
And love when creatures growl.
Spread your wings and squeeze your toes
Caress the gentle fawn
Catch the acorns Squirrel throws
And pray at break of dawn.
Pause and breathe, a change has come
Rest in petals soft
Gentle fairies, calm your hum
An angel is aloft
The Goddess moon now has control
For we have lost a light
On this night we do console
A spirit, sacred might.
We fairies join in solemn ring
For one we have so fond
A queen has gone to meet her king
And join the great beyond.
We sing a song for Ann Mari
Ms. Sjögren we do hail
We sing a song for Ann Mari
Who always told our tale.
We sing a song for Ann Mari
And call for Freya’s love
We sing a song for Ann Mari
Release the sacred dove.
We sing a song for Ann Mari
We raise a hearty glass
We sing a song for Ann Mari
Whose art will never pass.
We sing a song for Ann Mari
With sadness and great joy
We sing a song for Ann Mari
All fairies will enjoy
The beauty that you brought our world
The sweetness so sublime
We sing for you dear Ann Mari
You are with us throughout time.
***
Theo van Joolen
This is where we play
This is where we learn to sing
Here we greet the day.
Fly with me and be my friend
Taste sweet honeydew
Smell the flowers and transcend
Cry at skies of blue.
Feel the joy of nature’s gift
Tease the playful fowl
Swim and splash with trout so swift
And love when creatures growl.
Spread your wings and squeeze your toes
Caress the gentle fawn
Catch the acorns Squirrel throws
And pray at break of dawn.
Pause and breathe, a change has come
Rest in petals soft
Gentle fairies, calm your hum
An angel is aloft
The Goddess moon now has control
For we have lost a light
On this night we do console
A spirit, sacred might.
We fairies join in solemn ring
For one we have so fond
A queen has gone to meet her king
And join the great beyond.
We sing a song for Ann Mari
Ms. Sjögren we do hail
We sing a song for Ann Mari
Who always told our tale.
We sing a song for Ann Mari
And call for Freya’s love
We sing a song for Ann Mari
Release the sacred dove.
We sing a song for Ann Mari
We raise a hearty glass
We sing a song for Ann Mari
Whose art will never pass.
We sing a song for Ann Mari
With sadness and great joy
We sing a song for Ann Mari
All fairies will enjoy
The beauty that you brought our world
The sweetness so sublime
We sing for you dear Ann Mari
You are with us throughout time.
***
Theo van Joolen
