Original Broadway Cast of Matilda - The Chokey Chant lyrics

Oh, Matilda! They're saying she's going
To put me in Chokey!

What what's Chokey?

They say it's a cupboard in her
Office that she throws children
Into they say she's lined it
With nails, and spikes
And bit's of broken glass

There's a place you are sent
If you haven't been good

And it's made of spikes and wood

And it isn't wide enough to sit

And even if you could

There are nails on the bottom

So you wish you'd –

Stood!
When the hinges creak and the door is closed
You cannot see squat –

Not the end of your nose

And when you scream
You don't know if the sound came out
Or if the scream in your
Head even reached your mouth! Auuurrrgh!