Queen The Fairyfeller's Master Stroke Music Video

Mercury was inspired to write "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke" after seeing Richard Dadd's painting The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke. Dadd was an English painter of the Victorian era. He suffered (supposedly) from some sort of paranoid schizophrenia and made the painting in mental hospital, where he was put after murdering his father.

Taylor called this song Queen's "biggest stereo experiment", referring to the intricate use of panning in the mix. The song makes direct reference to the painting's characters as detailed in Dadd's poem.

Here's my little effort to combine the song and the painting. Hope you guys like it.

The Lyrics:

He's a fairy feller
Ah ah the fairy folk have gathered
Round the new moon's shine
To see the feller crack a nut
At night's noon time
To swing his axe he swears
As he climbs he dares
To deliver the master stroke

Ploughman wagoner will' and types
Politician with senatorial pipe
He's a dilly dally oh
Pedagogue squinting wears a frown
And a satyr peers under lady's gown
He's a dirty fellow
What a dirty laddie-oh

Tatterdemalion and the junketer
There's a thief and a dragonfly trumpeter
He's my hero ah
Fairy dandy tickling the fancy
Of his lady friend
The nymph in yellow (can we see the master stroke)
What a quaere fellow

Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Soldier sailor tinker tailor ploughboy
Waiting to hear the sound
And the arch magician presides
He is the leader

Oberon and Titania watched by a harridan
Mab is the queen and there's a good apothecary man
Come to say hello
Fairy dandy tickling the fancy
Of his lady friend
The nymph in yellow
What a quaere fellow
The ostler stares with hands on his knees
Come on mister feller
Crack it open if you please

Words and music by Freddie Mercury

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[imskitch]

one hell of an amazing song.

[raykrislianggi]

No one can make song about paintings as good as Queen! NO ONE!!!

[ramonalavril23]

what a song!!!

[sandletters39]

WHAT A QUAERE FELLOW

[DelilahLou89]

Great video!!

[TheQueensWish]

Awesome video to go with the song!! This video rocks. love the pics of Queen and the special effects, like the glint of the axe. Thanks alot - I can really tell you love this song too. Truly a labor of love!  Queen forever!

[oetjock]

such a great song about a great painting... pity not many ppl know this

thx for uploading, been looking for this

[sylvitarodgers]

I like it a lot! thanks!

[doobiesmoke15]

I love that satyr, he's a dirty fellow!