Melanie - Alexander Beetle lyrics

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(A A Milne/Melanie Safka)<br />

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I had a little beetle<br />

So that beetle was his name<br />

And I called him Alexander<br />

And he answered just the same<br />

And I put him in a matchbox<br />

And I kept him all the day<br />

But nanny let my beetle out<br />

Yes nanny let my beetle out<br />

She went and let my beetle out<br />

And beetle ran away<br />

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She said she didn't mean it<br />

And I never said she did<br />

She said she wanted matches<br />

And she just took off the lid<br />

She said I mustn't worry<br />

And I really mustn't mind<br />

That there's lots and lots of beetles<br />

The she's certain we could find<br />

She said I mustn't worry<br />

But it's difficult to catch<br />

An excited sort of beetle<br />

You've mistaken for a match<br />

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If we looked in all the places<br />

That a beetle might be near<br />

And we made the kind of noises<br />

That a beetle likes to hear<br />

And I heard a kind of something<br />

And I gave a sort of shout<br />

It was a beetle house<br />

And Alexander beetle coming out<br />

It was Alexander beetle<br />

I'm as certain as can be<br />

And he had that kind of look as though<br />

He thought it might be me<br />

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And he had that kind of look as though<br />

He thought he ought to say<br />

"I'm really very sorry that I tried to run away"<br />

And nanny's very sorry too<br />

Cause you know what she did<br />

And she's writing Alexander<br />

Very blackly on the lid<br />

So nan and me are friends because<br />

It's difficult to catch<br />

An excited Alexander<br />

You've misstaken for a match