Down in the forest, past the bluebells sits a glade Hidden from the outside world Protected, dark in shade A magic place where fairies live Behind a silver veil With a gate made out of spider silk And guarded by a snail
It's hidden from the normal path Behind large ferns and leaves It is only seen by fairie fok And those who do believe The snail sits watching up the path For hikers and their ilk Prepared to send the warning out by breaking through the silk
The bluebells let the fairie folk Know it is time to hide Behind the silver slippers Secret signals they abide A place where water runs as clear As blue as summer sky Where magic lights the world for them Where fairies float and fly
It is a glade not seen by us If we do not know to look To us it's just a darkened glade Fed by a smallish brook But, there inside the curtain Is a world of childhood dreams Where wishes are all granted And tears help fill the streams
Magic is the hallmark It keeps the land of fairie well If you found it, who'd believe you really, just who could you tell? Protected by an old brown snail With his silver trail behind with a spider web to block the way It's a place so few will find
Believe and you will see it Past the trees and in the shade It will open up to serve you In that small and magic glade If you see the folk of fairie And their wings of gossamer glass Then you've met up with the old brown snail And he chose to let you pass.