As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose
so I turned her loose
as 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
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 snow man
As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
'Came upon Mother Goose
so I tumed her loose
while 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 hankerchiefs
as one
I don't believe they knew
I was a schoolboy