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Alexander Beetle

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Di Ghad a little beetle, so that Cbeetle was his Gname
and i Ccalled him AlexGander and he Danswered just the same
Gand Di Gput him in a matchbox and i Ckept him all the Gday
but Cnanny let my Gbeetle out and Dbeetle ran aGway
Dshe Gsaid she didn't mean it and i Cnever said she Gdid
she Csaid she wanted Gmatches and she Djust took off the lid
she Gsaid i mustn't worry and i Creally mustn't Gmind
that there's Clots and lots of Gbeetles thats she's Dcertain we could find
said if we Glooked in all the places that a Cbeetle might be Gnear
and we mCade the kind of Gnoises that a Dbeetle likes to hear
Gthen Di Gheard a kind of something and i Cgave a sort of Gshout
it was a beetle house and Alexander Dbeetle coming Gout
it was Alexander beetle i'm as Ccertain as can Gbe
and he Chad that kind of Glook as though he Dthought it might be me
Gand Dhe Ghad that kind of look as though he Cthought he ought to Gsay
"i'm Creally very Gsorry that i Dtried to run away"
GanDd Gnanny's very sorry too cause Cyou know what she Gdid
and she's Cwriting AleGxander very Dblackly on the Glid
Dso Gnan and me are friends because it's Cdifficult to Gcatch
an exCcited AlexGander you've misDtaken for a GmatchD  G  C  G  
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Alexander Beetle

by Melanie

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D G C G

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

C G D

and i called him Alexander and he answered just the same

G D G C G

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

C G D G

but nanny let my beetle out and beetle ran away

D G C G

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

C G D

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

G C G

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

C G D

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

G C G

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

C G D

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

G D G C G

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

D G

it was a beetle house and Alexander beetle coming out

C G

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

C G D

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

G D G C G

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

C G D

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

G D G C G

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

C G D G

and she's writing Alexander very blackly on the lid

D G C G

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

C G D G D G C G

an excited Alexander you've mistaken for a match

Comments, corrections and rating appreciated. Enjoy!

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