My Mother Said Never Play With Gipsies


My Mother said, I never should
Play with the gipsies in the wood;
If I did, she would say,
You naughty girl to disobey.

Your hair shan't curl and your shoes shan't shine,
You gipsy girl, you shan't be mine.
And my father said that if I did
He'd rap my head with the teapot lid.