James with very large ears indeed cowering from Magic Man
“Let go!” cried James, “Let go, I say!Take care what you’re about!”And then the hands had set him free,And quick he turned about.He peered around with frightened eyes.No one at all was there,—Only the clock that said tick-tock,And shadows on the stair.Into the nursery quick he ran,“Oh, nursie! Only see!Somebody came and stretched my earsAnd scared me terribly.”Nurse looked at him and gave a cry.“Oh James! What shall we do!It must have been the Magic ManWho did this thing to you.
“Let go!” cried James, “Let go, I say!Take care what you’re about!”And then the hands had set him free,And quick he turned about.He peered around with frightened eyes.No one at all was there,—Only the clock that said tick-tock,And shadows on the stair.Into the nursery quick he ran,“Oh, nursie! Only see!Somebody came and stretched my earsAnd scared me terribly.”Nurse looked at him and gave a cry.“Oh James! What shall we do!It must have been the Magic ManWho did this thing to you.
“Let go!” cried James, “Let go, I say!Take care what you’re about!”And then the hands had set him free,And quick he turned about.
“Let go!” cried James, “Let go, I say!
Take care what you’re about!”
And then the hands had set him free,
And quick he turned about.
He peered around with frightened eyes.No one at all was there,—Only the clock that said tick-tock,And shadows on the stair.
He peered around with frightened eyes.
No one at all was there,—
Only the clock that said tick-tock,
And shadows on the stair.
Into the nursery quick he ran,“Oh, nursie! Only see!Somebody came and stretched my earsAnd scared me terribly.”
Into the nursery quick he ran,
“Oh, nursie! Only see!
Somebody came and stretched my ears
And scared me terribly.”
Nurse looked at him and gave a cry.“Oh James! What shall we do!It must have been the Magic ManWho did this thing to you.
Nurse looked at him and gave a cry.
“Oh James! What shall we do!
It must have been the Magic Man
Who did this thing to you.
Nurse and mother see James' ears
“I know when children misbehaveHe often comes about,And punishes their naughty waysIf he can find them out.”And now mamma is called in haste.She comes, and “Oh!” cries she,“Whatever’s happened to your ears?They are a sight to see!”James tells her all the doleful tale,But ah, ’tis very plainThe only thing is just to waitAnd hope they’ll shrink again.“If you are very patient, James,And if you will be good,Perhaps some day your ears once moreWill look the way they should.”
“I know when children misbehaveHe often comes about,And punishes their naughty waysIf he can find them out.”And now mamma is called in haste.She comes, and “Oh!” cries she,“Whatever’s happened to your ears?They are a sight to see!”James tells her all the doleful tale,But ah, ’tis very plainThe only thing is just to waitAnd hope they’ll shrink again.“If you are very patient, James,And if you will be good,Perhaps some day your ears once moreWill look the way they should.”
“I know when children misbehaveHe often comes about,And punishes their naughty waysIf he can find them out.”
“I know when children misbehave
He often comes about,
And punishes their naughty ways
If he can find them out.”
And now mamma is called in haste.She comes, and “Oh!” cries she,“Whatever’s happened to your ears?They are a sight to see!”
And now mamma is called in haste.
She comes, and “Oh!” cries she,
“Whatever’s happened to your ears?
They are a sight to see!”
James tells her all the doleful tale,But ah, ’tis very plainThe only thing is just to waitAnd hope they’ll shrink again.
James tells her all the doleful tale,
But ah, ’tis very plain
The only thing is just to wait
And hope they’ll shrink again.
“If you are very patient, James,And if you will be good,Perhaps some day your ears once moreWill look the way they should.”
“If you are very patient, James,
And if you will be good,
Perhaps some day your ears once more
Will look the way they should.”
James now covering ears at doorway instead of listening
Now James is different indeed,For ever since that dayHe’s never wished to overhearWhat other people say,And if a secret’s being toldThat he perchance might hearHe runs away, or else he stuffsA finger in each ear.
Now James is different indeed,For ever since that dayHe’s never wished to overhearWhat other people say,And if a secret’s being toldThat he perchance might hearHe runs away, or else he stuffsA finger in each ear.
Now James is different indeed,For ever since that dayHe’s never wished to overhearWhat other people say,
Now James is different indeed,
For ever since that day
He’s never wished to overhear
What other people say,
And if a secret’s being toldThat he perchance might hearHe runs away, or else he stuffsA finger in each ear.
And if a secret’s being told
He runs away, or else he stuffs
A finger in each ear.
James reading book in another room while others tell secrets
His ears are shrinking day by day,And soon I hope we’ll seeThey are as small as any ladCould wish his ears to be.
His ears are shrinking day by day,And soon I hope we’ll seeThey are as small as any ladCould wish his ears to be.
His ears are shrinking day by day,And soon I hope we’ll seeThey are as small as any ladCould wish his ears to be.
His ears are shrinking day by day,
And soon I hope we’ll see
They are as small as any lad
Could wish his ears to be.