The Sleepy Giant
Natalie Merchant"The Sleepy Giant" is a song by Natalie Merchant, released in 2010 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:05 long and contains 30 lines and 185 words.
0:09My age is three hundred and seventy-two
0:14I think with the deepest regret
0:18How I used to pick up and voraciously chew
0:23The dear little boys that I met
0:27I've eaten them raw in their holiday suits
0:32Eaten them curried with rice
0:36I've eaten them baked
0:38In their jackets and boots
0:41And found them exceedingly nice
0:45But now that
0:47My jaws are too weak for such fare
0:50I think it's exceedingly rude
0:54To do such a thing when I'm quite well aware
0:59Little boys do not like being chewed
1:03Little boys do not like being chewed
1:45So I contentedly live upon eels
1:50And try to do nothing amiss
1:54Pass all the time I can spare for my meals
1:59In innocent slumber like this
2:04Innocent slumber like this
2:09More eels my lady
2:15Perhaps some bubble and squeak
2:18Or a little toad in the hole
2:23A Lyconshire hot pot perhaps
2:27That would be nice
2:46And so now I contentedly live upon eels
2:51And try to do nothing amiss
2:56Pass all the time I can spare for my meals in
3:00Innocent slumber like this
3:05Innocent slumber like this
My age is three hundred and seventy-two I think with the deepest regret How I used to pick up and voraciously chew The dear little boys that I met I've eaten them raw in their holiday suits Eaten them curried with rice I've eaten them baked In their jackets and boots And found them exceedingly nice But now that My jaws are too weak for such fare I think it's exceedingly rude To do such a thing when I'm quite well aware Little boys do not like being chewed Little boys do not like being chewed So I contentedly live upon eels And try to do nothing amiss Pass all the time I can spare for my meals In innocent slumber like this Innocent slumber like this More eels my lady Perhaps some bubble and squeak Or a little toad in the hole A Lyconshire hot pot perhaps That would be nice And so now I contentedly live upon eels And try to do nothing amiss Pass all the time I can spare for my meals in Innocent slumber like this Innocent slumber like this
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