• Lyrics

  dum diddley die die die….

  Sister, sister, you’ll never guess what I’ve seen:
  I’ve seen a white rabbit talking to me.
  Sister, sister, you’ll never guess what I’ve seen:
  I’ve seen a pack of cards painting a tree.

  ‘Oh, my ears and whiskers!’
  I saw a rabbit carrying a pocket watch.
  ‘Oh, how late it’s getting!’
  Followed the rabbit into Wonderland!

  I follow the rabbit down a hole so deep.
  Run, little rabbit, run!
  How curious is this new place I see!
  My adventure here has just begun.

  A grinning cat directs me where to go,
  He fades but leaves his smile behind.
  Yes, I have seen a cat without a grin,
  but a grin without a cat— I’ve never seen that.
  So I assume they’re all mad in here.

  A hatter and a hare sit down to tea,
  a dormouse sleeps nearby.
  I sit and then the hatter starts to sing:
  ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you’re at…’
  Now I am certain they’re mad in here.

  A queen with a vile temper plays croquet.
  ‘Off with her head!’, she shouts.
  I find that I have grown so very tall.
  Now I fear there’s no way out.
  For it’s perfectly clear, we’re all mad in here.

  dum diddley die die die….

  Sarah Quartel, inspired by Lewis Carroll

Published by Oxford University Press