1998
What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said
Composed by 
Jake Heggie
Jake Heggie Text by 
Vachel Lindsay
Vachel Lindsay Songs to the Moon Song Collection
"What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said" is the seventh song of Jake Heggie's song cycle Songs to the Moon.
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What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said
by Vachel Lindsay
The moon’s a gong, hung in the wild,
Whose song the fays hold dear.
Of course you do not hear it, child.
It takes a FAIRY ear.
The full moon is a splendid gong
That beats as night grows still.
It sounds above the evening song
Of dove or whippoorwill.
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