A
Mother
Once
Had a
Lovely
Daughter
A mother once she had
a lovely daughter
The mother was a actress on the stage
She travelled with a
troupe of well -trained lions
And each night she went in the
lion's cage.
Now, now.
One day the daughter had a premonition
that everything that night would
not go right.
Would not go right.
That day she told her mother in the kitchen,
please don't go in the lion's
cage tonight.
No, not tonight
Don't go in the cage tonight,
mother darling
For the lions look ferocious and may bite
And when they get their angry fits
They may tear you all to bits
So don't go in the lion's cage tonight
The mother heeded not the daughter's warning,
but to her turned and softly said,
Poo -poo, I think I ought to know what I am doing,
when I'm around the lions all feel blue.
They all feel blue.
That night while she was dancing
in the lion's cage,
The lions thought that they
would like to eat.
Would like to eat.
And as they bit the darling mother's head off,
These words came back to
her so pure and sweet,
So pure and sweet.
So go in the lion's cage tonight, mother darling,
for the lions look ferocious and they bite.
And when they get their angry fits,
they may tear you all to bits.
So we don't go in the
lion's cage to night
No, not tonight