QUEEN MATILDA.

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!”


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