On this fairy day,
some folks passed away.
Some got born, some had kids,
some gave up and ran away.
Some went off to war,
some went back to bed.
Some got divorced,
and of course, others they got wed.
On this fairy day, on this fairy day
The world has been a busy place,
on this fairy day
On this very morn
Elton John was born
Mrs. Bartok dropped her load
Aretha Franklin hit the road
And Henry II's mom
lost inches off her tom
Thus Rosamund Clif
ford's fate was sealed
But on this very day, on this very day,
on this very day,
the world is in a busy place,
on this very day.
On this day it befell that the angel Gabriel told Mary she'd receive,
by post, a baby from the Holy Ghost.
And would you believe
there's a patron saint for thieves?
Saint Dismas pardons all your sins
on this fairy day
On this fairy day, on this fairy day
The world has been a busy place
on this fairy day
On March the 25th in 1896
The Olympic Games were launched in France,
a poor young Greek
hitched up his pants
and ran the marathon.
Do you want to know what he won?
A year's free grub and free shoe
shines
until his life was done.
On this very day, on this very day,
the world was fed of his advice,
on this very day.
38 years ago, I want you all to know,
I met his dad, his dad met me,
we got our kids and they got we.
And this big handsome man,
well a lot of him began,
in a basement room in Kensington
on this very day.
On this very day, on this very day
The world has been a busy place
on this very day
As the years go by,
you may look back and sigh
And say, do you remember when?
And want to live it all again?
May the years be kind,
may you keep this in your mind
Make each day a special one,
like this fairy day,
like this fairy day,
like this fairy day.
Make each day a special one,
like this fairy day,
cause Carrie and Callum tied the knot
on this fairy day.