Mother Goose
As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose -- so I turned her loose --
She was screaming.
And a foreign student said to me --
Was it really true there are elephants and lions too
In Piccadilly Circus?
Walked down by the bathing pond
To try and catch some sun.
Saw at least a hundred schoolgirls sobbing
Into hankerchiefs as one.
I don't believe they knew
I was a schoolboy.
And a bearded lady said to me
If you start your raving and your misbehaving
You'll be sorry.
Then the chicken-fancier came to play
With his long red beard and his sister's weird:
She drives a lorry
Laughed down by the putting green
I popped `em in their holes.
Four and twenty labourers were labouring
Digging up their gold.
I don't believe they knew
That I was Long John Silver.
Saw Johnny Scarecrow make his rounds
In his jet-black mac
Stole it from a snow man.
Madre Oca
Mientras caminaba por la Feria de Hampstead
Me encontré con Madre Oca, así que la solté
Ella estaba gritando.
Y un estudiante extranjero me dijo
¿Era realmente cierto que también hay elefantes y leones
En Piccadilly Circus?
Caminé junto al estanque de baño
Para tratar de tomar un poco de sol.
Vi al menos cien colegialas sollozando
En pañuelos como uno solo.
No creo que supieran
Que yo era un escolar.
Y una mujer barbuda me dijo
Si empiezas a delirar y a portarte mal
Te arrepentirás.
Luego vino el amante de las gallinas a jugar
Con su larga barba roja y la extraña de su hermana:
Ella conduce un camión.
Reí junto al green de putting
Los metí en sus hoyos.
Veinticuatro obreros estaban trabajando
Cavando su oro.
No creo que supieran
Que yo era Long John Silver.
Vi a Johnny Espantapájaros hacer sus rondas
En su impermeable negro
Robado de un hombre de nieve.