Letras de Mother Goose - Jethro Tull

Mother Goose (original)

As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose -- so I turned her loose --
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 --
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.

(traducción)

Mientras caminaba por Hampstead Fair
Me encontré con Mamá Ganso, así que la solté.
ella estaba gritando
Y un estudiante extranjero me dijo:
¿Era realmente cierto que también hay elefantes y leones?
en Piccadilly Circus?
Caminé por el estanque de baño
para intentar tomar un poco de sol.
Vi al menos a cien colegialas sollozando
en pañuelos como uno.
No creo que supieran
Yo era un escolar.
Y una señora barbuda me dijo:
si empiezas a desvariar y a portarte mal,
te vas a arrepentir.
Entonces el criador de pollos vino a jugar...
con su larga barba roja (y su hermana rara:
ella conduce un camión).
Reído por el putting green --
Los metí en sus agujeros.
Veinticuatro obreros trabajaban...
desenterrando su oro.
No creo que supieran
que yo era Long John Silver.
Vi a Johnny Scarecrow hacer sus rondas
en su mac negro azabache (que no me devolverá) --
se lo robó a un muñeco de nieve.