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Storybook Ball by Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Storybook Ball
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Em B Em B
[Verse 1]
Em B Em B
Up in Mother Goose's book up in the nurs'ry,
Em B Em B
Poor Simple Simon said, "I'm feeling sad."
C Bm Am G
Said Peter Piper's daughter, "So am I, and think we oughter
Gb B
Try to think of something that will make us glad."
Em B Em B
So Smarty Smarty said, "I'll give a party,"
Em B Em B
And they called on the Old Woman in the Shoe.
C Bm Am G
The cat she brought her fiddle, and she played "high diddle diddle,"
Gb B
And what happened then, I'm goin' to tell to you.
[Chorus]
G G
Little Jackie Horner, eating pie up in the corner,
Stuck in his thumb, pulled out a plum.
G G
Little Missy Muffet she was sitting on a tuffet,
D D
And she said, "Yum, yum! Please give me some."
D D
Little Georgie Porgie with his pudding and pie,
G Gb F E
Kissed Mary Quite Contrary till he made her cry;
A A
And Little Bo Peep she lost her sheep
D D
And couldn't find 'em, their tails behind 'em.
G G
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater had a wife and couldn't keep her.
At the ball in the hall.
G G
Humpty Dumpty met her, said, "Better that I get her
C C
And I'll make her fall." That's not all.
C Bb
Old King Cole, that merry old soul,
G Gb F E
He fell for Mother Hubbard, blew his big bankroll
A A D D
Buying lollipops and pretties for the kiddies at the Story Book Ball.
[Verse 2]
Em B Em B
They danced and sang till early in the morning.
Em B Em B
They really didn't know just when to stop;
C Bm Am G
So as the day was dawning and the kiddies all were yawning,
Gb B
They found out the mouse had run up in the clock.
Em B Em B
Then Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick, he started,
Em B Em B
And right over that big candlestick he flew.
C Bm Am G
Then Little Tommy Tucker started singing for his supper,
Gb B
And then Poor Boy Blue said, "Gee, I'm hungry too."
[Chorus]
G G
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickling peppers,
Brought 'em to the hall, and that's not all!
G G
Tommy Tom the piper's son, he stole a pig and away he run
D D
To the ball. Ah, that's not all.
D D
Polly put the kettle on. The tea got cold.
G Gb F E
They had to eat the porridge that was nine days old.
A A
Then Jack fell down. Jill broke her crown
D D
And spilled the water. She hadn't oughter.
G G
Four and twenty blackbirds were baking in a pie,
And they refused to sing anything.
G G
Wasn't that an awful way little birds to act
C C
Before a queen and king? Such a terrible thing!
C Bb
Said the knave and the king to the Queen of Hearts,
G Gb F E
"Come on. Hurry up, honey. Bring some tarts."
A D G E A D G
So she did and the kids had a picnic at the Story Book Ball.
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