Mother Goose

As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose
So, I turned her loose
Cos 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, yeah
And 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 laborers were laboring and 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
As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose
So, I turned her loose
Well, she was screaming

Walked down by the bathing pond to try and catch some sun
Must have been at least a hundred schoolgirls sobbing into handkerchiefs as one
I don't believe they knew I was a schoolboy