Oh!Queen Matilda baked,And Queen Matilda brewed;And Queen Matilda taught her boysThey never should be rude.“Take off your hat!Wipe your shoes upon the mat!When you help yourself to butter,Only take a single pat!”Oh! Queen Matilda sewed,And Queen Matilda span,And Queen Matilda taught her boysThe duties of a man.“Keep your mouth shut,Don’t give way to ‘if’ or ‘but;’Don’t employ your little toofsiesWhen you wish to crack a nut!”
Oh!Queen Matilda baked,And Queen Matilda brewed;And Queen Matilda taught her boysThey never should be rude.“Take off your hat!Wipe your shoes upon the mat!When you help yourself to butter,Only take a single pat!”Oh! Queen Matilda sewed,And Queen Matilda span,And Queen Matilda taught her boysThe duties of a man.“Keep your mouth shut,Don’t give way to ‘if’ or ‘but;’Don’t employ your little toofsiesWhen you wish to crack a nut!”
Oh!Queen Matilda baked,And Queen Matilda brewed;And Queen Matilda taught her boysThey never should be rude.“Take off your hat!Wipe your shoes upon the mat!When you help yourself to butter,Only take a single pat!”
Oh!Queen Matilda baked,
And Queen Matilda brewed;
And Queen Matilda taught her boys
They never should be rude.
“Take off your hat!
Wipe your shoes upon the mat!
When you help yourself to butter,
Only take a single pat!”
Oh! Queen Matilda sewed,And Queen Matilda span,And Queen Matilda taught her boysThe duties of a man.“Keep your mouth shut,Don’t give way to ‘if’ or ‘but;’Don’t employ your little toofsiesWhen you wish to crack a nut!”
Oh! Queen Matilda sewed,
And Queen Matilda span,
And Queen Matilda taught her boys
The duties of a man.
“Keep your mouth shut,
Don’t give way to ‘if’ or ‘but;’
Don’t employ your little toofsies
When you wish to crack a nut!”