Mother Goose — Jethro Tull
Chords and lyrics for Mother Goose by Jethro Tull (key of Dm).
Verse 1
[D]As I did walk by Hampstead Faire
I came upon [G][F]Mother [G]Goose so I [G]turned [F]her [G]loose she was [D] screaming
[D]And a foreign student said to me
Was it [G][F]really [G]true there are elephants and [G][F]lions [G]too in Picadilly [D]Circus
[G]Walked down by the [Em]bathing pond to [C]try and catch some [G]sun [D]
Saw at least a [G]hundred school girls [Em]sobbing [C]intoHankerchiefs as [G]one [D]
I [F]don't believe they knew I was a [D]schoolboy
Verse 2
[D]And the bearded lady said to me
If you start your [G][F]raving [G]and your [G][F][G]misbehaving you'll be [D]sorry
[D]Then the chicken fancy came to play
With his[G] long [F]red [G]beard and his [G]sister [F]weird[G]
she drives a [D]lorry (hmm)
[G]Back down by the [Em]putting green I [C]popped them in their [G]holes [D]
Four and [G]twentylaborers were [Em]laboring and digging up Their [G]gold [D]
I [F]don't believe they knew that I was Long [D]John Silver
Verse 3
[D]Saw Johnny Scarecrow make his rounds
In his [G]jet [F]black [G]mac which he [G]won't[F] give [G]back Stole it from a[D] snowman
[D]As I did walk by Hampstead Faire
I came upon [G][F]Mother [G]Goose so [G]Iturned her loose she Was [D]screaming
[G]Walked down by the[Em] bathing pond to [C]try and catch some [G]sun[D]
Saw at least a [G]hundred school girls[Em] sobbing [C]intoHankerchiefs as [G]one[D]
I[F] don't believe they knew I was a[D] schoolboy.
Outro
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