lirik lagu lally bowers - hilaire belloc: matilda, who told lies and was burned to death
matilda told such dreadful lies
it made one gasp and stretch one’s eyes;
her aunt, who, from her earliest youth
had kept a strict regard for truth
attempted to believe matilda:
the effort very nearly k!lled her
and would have done so, had not she
discovered this infirmity
for once, towards the close of day
matilda, growing tired of play
and finding she was left alone
went tiptoe to the telephone
and summoned the immediate aid
of london’s n0ble fire~brigade
within an hour the gallant band
were pouring in on every hand
from putney, hackney downs, and bow
with courage high and hearts a~glow
they galloped, roaring through the town
‘matilda’s house is burning down!’
inspired by british cheers and loud
proceeding from the frenzied crowd
they ran their ladders through a score
of windows on the ball room floor;
and took peculiar pains to souse
the pictures up and down the house
until matilda’s aunt succeeded
in showing them they were not needed;
and even then she had to pay
to get the men to go away!
it happened that a few weeks later
her aunt was off to the theatre
to see that interesting play
the second mrs tanqueray
she had refused to take her niece
to hear this entertaining piece:
a deprivation just and wise
to punish her for telling lies
that night a fire did break out~
you should have heard matilda shout!
you should have heard her scream and bawl
and throw the window up and call
to people passing in the street~
(the rapidly increasing heat
encouraging her to obtain
their confidence)~but all in vain!
for every time she shouted ‘fire!’
they only answered ‘little liar’!
and therefore when her aunt returned
matilda, and the house, were burned
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