Hard Times for Mother Goose

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    David Halitsky said:

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    Hard Times for Mother Goose

    V1:
    My name is Jack Horner
    and I stand on the corner
    beggin plums from the pockets
    of those who pass by.
    And some say I'm lazy
    and some say I'm crazy.
    Some say I could make it
    if I only would try.

    Chorus:

    But the times are hard
    for Mother Goose
    Yeah the times are hard
    for Mother Goose
    Her son is in a 12-step
    and her daughter's drinking juice
    Yeah the times are hard
    for Mother Goose

    V2:
    Old Mother Hubbard
    just can't find a lover.
    The children are grown
    now there's nothing to do.
    She'll go to her lawyer
    he'll have papers for her.
    Her husband won't mind
    cause he'll remarry too.

    V3:
    A dillar a dollar
    the ten o clock scholar
    is having some trouble
    in finding his niche
    He don't want a job
    with a guaranteed future
    cause he's found that he wants
    to be more than just rich.

    V4:
    Rapunzel rapunzel
    has let down her hair.
    Her parents are worried
    but she doesn't care
    They want her to stay
    in their ivory tower
    But she's hip to a new world
    they don't know is there.
    Last edited by David Halitsky; 04-02-2015 at 06:16 PM.
     
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    For those who did not grow up speaking English, I should provide some notes for this song.

    In particular, each verse of the song is a "take-off" on a different English nursery rhyme. Look at:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Goose

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Jack_Horner
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mother_Hubbard
    http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6425
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel