Griselda-Natalie Merchant

[ti:Griselda] [ar:Natalie Merchant] [al:Leave Your Sleep] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Griselda - Natalie Merchant [00:09.36]Griselda is greedy I'm sorry to say [00:17.08] [00:19.33]She isn't contented with for meals a day [00:27.38] [00:28.77]Like breakfast like dinner supper and tea [00:36.34] [00:38.68]Griselda is greedy as greedy can be [00:46.22] [00:50.30]She snoops about the larder [00:52.18]For sundry small supplies [00:54.37] [00:55.19]Breaks the little crusty bits [00:56.58]Off rims of apple pies [00:58.41] [00:59.60]She pokes the roast potato dish [01:01.53]When Sunday dinner's done [01:02.81] [01:03.93]And if there are two left in it [01:05.63]Griselda snitches one [01:07.28] [01:08.21]Cold chicken and cold cauliflower [01:11.20] [01:12.53]She pulls in little chunks [01:14.98] [01:16.25]And when Cook calls [01:17.73] [01:20.70]What are you doing there [01:22.28] [01:24.54]Griselda bunks [01:25.71] [01:29.34]Griselda is greedy That's how she feels [01:36.55] [01:38.76]She simply can't help eating in between meals [01:45.88] [01:47.06]And she always forgets what it's leading to though [01:56.24]The Doctor has told her You know [02:02.35]Why don't you [02:03.67] [02:41.55]When the stomach ache starts and Griselda says [02:47.52] [02:48.89]Oh [02:49.14] [02:56.73]And she slips down to the dining room [02:59.33]When everyone's in bed [03:00.75] [03:01.55]For cheese rind on the supper tray [03:03.58]And buttered crusts of bread [03:04.78] [03:05.80]A biscuit from the biscuit box [03:08.01]Lump sugar from the bowl [03:09.47] [03:10.42]A gherkin from the pickle jar [03:11.95] [03:12.66]Are all Griselda's toll; [03:13.80] [03:14.77]Tastes the salted almonds [03:17.28] [03:18.45]And she tries the candied fruits [03:21.16] [03:25.07]And when Dad shouts [03:26.36] [03:29.85]Who is it down below [03:31.14] [03:33.14]Griselda scoots [03:34.59] [03:42.25]Griselda is greedy Her relatives scold [03:49.49] [03:51.77]And tell her she'll be somewhere when she's old [03:58.16] [03:59.95]She will lose her complexion she's sure to grow fat [04:07.05] [04:09.00]Spoil her inside does she know what she's at [04:15.74] [04:17.37]Some people are greedy Leave it at that