Mother Goose
Jethro Tull * Track #4 On Aqualung
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Album Aqualung
Mother Goose by Jethro Tull
Release Date
Performed by
Jethro TullProduced by
Terry Ellis & Ian AndersonWrited by
Ian AndersonAbout
Mother Goose represents a symbol of childhood innocence and wonder. By using this character in the song, Jethro Tull juxtaposes the carefree nature of childhood with the complexities and struggles of adulthood. Mother Goose becomes a means for the band to discuss escapism and the longing for a simpl...
Mother Goose Lyrics
As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose
So I turned her loose--
She was screaming
And a foreign student said to me
Was it really true
There are elephants, lions too
In Piccadilly Circus?
Walked down by the bathing pond
To try and catch some sun
Saw at least a hundred school girls
Sobbing into handkerchiefs as one
I don't believe they knew
I was a schoolboy
And a bearded lady said to me
If you start your raving
And your misbehaving
You'll be sorry
And the chicken fancier came to play
With his long red beard
And his sister's weird--
She drives a lorry
Laughed down by the putting green
I popped 'em in their holes
Four and twenty labourers were labouring
And digging up their gold
I don't believe they knew
That I was Long John Silver
Saw Johnny Scarecrow make his rounds
In his jet black mac
Which he won't give back--
Stole it from a snowman
As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose
So I turned her loose--
She was screaming
Walked down by the bathing pond
To try and catch some sun
Must have been least a hundred school girls
Sobbing into handkerchiefs as one
I don't believe they knew
I was a schoolboy
Mother Goose Q&A
Who wrote Mother Goose's ?
Mother Goose was written by Ian Anderson.
Who produced Mother Goose's ?
Mother Goose was produced by Terry Ellis & Ian Anderson.
When did Jethro Tull release Mother Goose?
Jethro Tull released Mother Goose on Fri Mar 19 1971.