Melanie – Alexander Beetle (Guitar)

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i had a little beetle, so that beetle was his name

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and i called him Alexander and he answered just the same

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and i put him in a matchbox and i kept him all the day

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but nanny let my beetle out and beetle ran away

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she said she didn't mean it and i never said she did

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she said she wanted matches and she just took off the lid

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she said i mustn't worry and i really mustn't mind

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that there's lots and lots of beetles thats she's certain we could find

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said if we looked in all the places that a beetle might be near

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and we made the kind of noises that a beetle likes to hear

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then i heard a kind of something and i gave a sort of shout

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it was a beetle house and Alexander beetle coming out

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it was Alexander beetle i'm as certain as can be

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and he had that kind of look as though he thought it might be me

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and he had that kind of look as though he thought he ought to say

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"i'm really very sorry that i tried to run away"

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and nanny's very sorry too cause you know what she did

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and she's writing Alexander very blackly on the lid

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so nan and me are friends because it's difficult to catch

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an excited Alexander you've mistaken for a match