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 (which he won't give back) --
Stole it from a snow man.
As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose -- so I turned her loose --
She was screaming.
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.
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 golf
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 (que no devolverá)
Lo robó de un muñeco de nieve
Mientras caminaba por la Feria de Hampstead
Me encontré con Madre Oca, así que la solté
Ella estaba gritando
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