Burl Ives - Mother Goose Songs lyrics

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 handkerchiefs 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 rеd beard
(and his sister's weird: Shе 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 snowman