Ever since I was a girl my own mother vowed

I must find the way to power through a noble brow

I married once for love then my sences came

I must marry for the stature of my husband"s name

Onto marriage number two

I knew what I had to do

And my poor husband fell ill in a year or two

Solved problem number one now to problem number two

His doe-eyed little girl with gentle point of view

Would I ship her off to school

No I told her if she stayed that she"d have

To earn her keep and so she became the maid

She was lazy

She was crazy

She was talking to the mice

I moved her to the attic out of sight and out of mind

I could have thrown her out but I"m benevolent and kind

Mother your heart"s too big for you

I knew what I had to do

After all difficult children will take advantage of your good nature

So you lock them up throw away the key