Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Baker's Tale, artist - Bajka. Album song In Wonderland, in the genre
Date of issue: 30.10.2017
Record label: Креатив-ИН
Song language: English
The Baker's Tale |
They roused him with muffins—they roused him with ice— |
They roused him with mustard and cress— |
They roused him with jam and judicious advice— |
They sent him conundrums to guess. |
When at length he sat up and was able to speak, |
A sad story he offered to tell; |
And the Bellman cried Silence! |
Not even a shriek! |
And excitedly tingled his bell. |
There was silence supreme! |
Not a shriek, not a scream, |
Scarcely even a howl or a groan, |
As the man they called Ho! |
told his story of woe |
In an antediluvian tone. |
You may seek it with thimbles—and seek it with care; |
You may hunt it with forks and a hoe; |
You may threaten its life with a railway-share; |
You may charm it with smiles and soap— |
But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, |
If your Snark be a Boojum! |
For then |
You will softly and suddenly vanish away, |
And never be met with again!' |
It is that, it is this that oppresses my soul, |
When I think of my uncle’s last words: |
And my heart is like nothing so much as a bowl |
Brimming over with quivering curds! |
I engage with the Snark—each night after dark— |
In a dreamy delirious fight: |
I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes, |
And I use it for striking a light |
But if ever I meet with a Boojum, that day, |
In a moment (of this I am sure), |
I shall softly and suddenly vanish away— |
And the notion I cannot endure! |