Name: The Table and the Chair
Duration: P00H02M53S
Description: Here is another one of Edward Lear's poems, taken from: Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871).

The Table and the Chair

from Lear and Carroll by Toby Darling

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Here is another one of Edward Lear's poems, taken from: Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871).

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The Table and The Chair (Edward Lear)

C F
Said the Table to the Chair,
C G
'You can hardly be aware,
Dm Am
'How I suffer from the heat,
Dm Am
'And from chilblains on my feet!
C F
'If we took a little walk,
C G
'We might have a little talk!
Dm Am
'Pray let us take the air!'
Dm Am
Said the Table to the Chair.

Bb C
Said the Chair to the table,
Dm G
'Now you know we are not able!
Em Am
'How foolishly you talk,
Em Am
'When you know we cannot walk!'
Bb C
Said the Table with a sigh,
Dm G
'It can do no harm to try,
Em Am
'I've as many legs as you,
Dm G
'Why can't we walk on two?'

So they both went slowly down,
And walked about the town
With a cheerful bumpy sound,
As they toddled round and round.
And everybody cried,
As they hastened to the side,
'See! the Table and the Chair
'Have come out to take the air!'

But in going down an alley,
To a castle in a valley,
They completely lost their way,
And wandered all the day,
Till, to see them safetly back,
They paid a Ducky-quack,
And a Beetle, and a Mouse,
Who took them to their house.

F C
Then they whispered to each other,
F Am
'O delightful little brother!
Bb C
'What a lovely walk we've taken!
F G
'Let us dine on Beans and Bacon!'
Bb C
So the Ducky and the leetle
Dm G
Browny-Mousy and the Beetle
Em Am
Dined and danced upon their heads
Dm G
Till they toddled to their beds.

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from Lear and Carroll, released June 22, 2015
poem by Lear
music by Toby Darling

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