Dance of the Butterflies

In a small grassy field With the trees all around There's a fairy ring ancient and old And at times you can hear Perfect echoes of sound -- 'Tis the music of ages untold For the crickets keep time To a waltz or a reel And the birds fill that lovely expanse With the notes to a tune With a light, airy feel -- In the field where the butterflies dance (Refrain) Where the wildflowers bloom With a sweet perfume In a rainbow of colours and shades Where the maids hurry down From the hill-top town And the butterflies dance with the maids Where they splash in the stream Or they lie and dream Where the bullfrogs thrum While the butterflies wing And the hummingbirds hum While the merry maids sing In the field where the butterflies dance On a winged pirouette Or a six legged slip How they dance, and they wheel and they turn! And their wings flash in time To a bright Scottish trip While the lassies turn 'round by the burn For the crickets keep time To a waltz or a reel And the birds fill that lovely expanse With the notes to a tune With a light, airy feel -- In the field where the butterflies dance (Refrain) Where the wildflowers bloom With a sweet perfume In a rainbow of colours and shades Where the maids hurry down From the hill-top town And the butterflies dance with the maids Where they splash in the stream Or they lie and dream Where the bullfrogs thrum While the butterflies wing And the hummingbirds hum While the merry maids sing In the field where the butterflies dance Note: I have used some spondee rhythm in the refrain. That is two stressed syllables in a foot. [ / / ] There is some information in the article on Meter and Foot on this site. Lines 2 and 5 in the first verse of the refrain, and 2 in the second are an anapestic foot followed by a spondee foot; (two unstressed syllables followed by three stressed).