Paddy was a little boy who was a Changling - (in modern terms a brain-damaged human child) He loved old fashioned stories and songs. "Undies" was the funniest word he knew, but it wouldn't fit into this poem. One day he wandered into the Australian bush and was never found.

PADDY'S SONG

Come away with me my Faerie-child
Away from the tears and pain
Come away my Changling, Faerie-child
Back to your home again.

You shall wear, on your golden curls
A shining, jewelled crown
Your shirt shall be of the finest silk
Your cloak of the feather-down.

A sleek grey hound I'll give to you
And a hawk with a sad, sweet cry
And you shall ride a Faerie steed
Into the sunset sky.

Silver-shod his hoofs shall be
And gaily you shall ride
A saddle hung with silver bells
A sword hung by your side.

By day we'll sleep 'neath the mossy bank
On a bed of the Wildwood flowers
And you must not heed the mortal ones
Who call through the sunshine hours.

And we shall rise in the green twilight
With a warm wind in our hair
And ride away to the Rainbow bridge
And cross in the evening air.

So come away my Faerie-child
Away from your Earth-bound pain
Come away my Faerie Changling child
Back to your home again.

                         Paddy's friend Joy