Mother Goose

Madre Oca

Mother Goose

Mientras caminaba por la Feria de HampsteadAs I did walk by Hampstead Fair
Me encontré con Madre Oca, así que la soltéI came upon Mother Goose -- so I turned her loose --
Ella estaba gritando.She was screaming.
Y un estudiante extranjero me dijoAnd a foreign student said to me --
¿Era realmente cierto que también hay elefantes y leonesWas it really true there are elephants and lions too
En Piccadilly Circus?In Piccadilly Circus?

Caminé junto al estanque de bañoWalked down by the bathing pond
Para tratar de tomar un poco de sol.To try and catch some sun.
Vi al menos cien colegialas sollozandoSaw at least a hundred schoolgirls sobbing
En pañuelos como uno solo.Into hankerchiefs as one.
No creo que supieranI don't believe they knew
Que yo era un escolar.I was a schoolboy.

Y una mujer barbuda me dijoAnd a bearded lady said to me
Si empiezas a delirar y a portarte malIf you start your raving and your misbehaving
Te arrepentirás.You'll be sorry.
Luego vino el amante de las gallinas a jugarThen the chicken-fancier came to play
Con su larga barba roja y la extraña de su hermana:With his long red beard and his sister's weird:
Ella conduce un camión.She drives a lorry

Reí junto al green de puttingLaughed down by the putting green
Los metí en sus hoyos.I popped `em in their holes.
Veinticuatro obreros estaban trabajandoFour and twenty labourers were labouring
Cavando su oro.Digging up their gold.
No creo que supieranI don't believe they knew
Que yo era Long John Silver.That I was Long John Silver.

Vi a Johnny Espantapájaros hacer sus rondasSaw Johnny Scarecrow make his rounds
En su impermeable negroIn his jet-black mac
Robado de un hombre de nieve.Stole it from a snow man.