Matilda Mother

1. There was a boy whose name was Jim

His friends they were very good to him

They gave him tea and cakes and jam

And slices of delicious ham

*: Oh mother, tell me more.

R: Why'd ya have to leave me there

Hanging in my infant air

Waiting

You only have to read the lines

of scribbly black and ev'rything

Shines

2. The Chief Defect of Henry King

Chewing little bits of string

At last he swallowed, some which tied

Itself in ugly knots inside

*: Wondering and dreaming

the words have different meanings

Yes they did

R: When finding she was left alone

When tiptoe gives the telephone

Nine Nine Nine

Some got the immediate aid

Of London's Noble Choir Brigade

3. For all the time spent in that room

The doll's house darkness old perfume

And fairy stories held me high

On clouds of sunlight floating by

*: Oh mother, tell me more.

Tell me more....