Forgiven
A. A. Milne
1882 to 1956
Track 1
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I found a little beetle; so that Beetle was his name,
And she's writing ALEXANDER very blackly on the lid,
An excited sort of beetle you've mistaken for a match.
So Nan and Me are friends, because it's difficult to catch
And he had a sort of look as if he thought he ought to say:
And we'd get another match-box and write BEETLE on the lid.
It was Alexander Beetle I'm as certain as can be,
And Nanny let my beetle out -
And we made the sort of noises which a beetle likes to hear,
And Beetle ran away.
As there's lots and lots of beetles which she's certain we could find,
And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same.
We went to all the places which a beetle might be near,
I put him in a match-box, and I kept him all the day...
A beetle-house and Alexander Beetle coming out!
And he had a sort of look as if he thought it must be Me,
Yes, Nanny let my beetle out -
If we looked about the garden for the holes where beetles hid -
She said she wanted matches and she just took off the lid,
She said that she was sorry, but it's difficult to catch
She said that she was sorry, and I really mustn't mind,
She went and let my beetle out -
And I saw a kind of something, and I gave a sort of shout:
She said she didn't mean it, and I never said she did,
And Nanny's very sorry too for you-know-what-she-did,
An excited Alexander you've mistaken for a match.
I'm very very sorry that I tried to run away.
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