Answer:
I hide but my head is outside.
My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play. Yet wherever I go, I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say.
A harvest sown and reaped on the same day In an unplowed field, Which increases without growing, Remains whole though it is eaten Within and without, Is useless and yet The staple of nations.
Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen.
Though easy to spot, when allowed to plume, It is hard to see, when held in a room.
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?