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