Who is that there who's tapping the window pane?
did I forget to close all the blinds again?
Who is that there who's tapping the window pane?
Oh it's only me, says the tapper.
Tapper, please, don't come any nearer me,
I'm not afraid, so keep now away from me,
Tapper, dear, don't come any nearer me,
Well if you insist, says the tapper.
Who is that there who's tapping the cellar door,
I've never heard such sounds from down there before,
Who is that there who's tapping the cellar door,
Oh it's little me, says the tapper.
Tapper please, don't come any nearer me,
You are not welcome, keep now your sight from me,
Tapper dear, don't come any nearer me,
Maybe I shouldn't says the tapper.
Who is that there who's tapping the staircase rail?
The wood is so rotten, surely the stairs will fail,
Who is that there who's tapping the staircase rail?
It's me doing it, says the tapper.
Tapper please, don't come any nearer me,
The doors were locked, I don't want you here with me,
Taper dear, don't come any nearer me,
Oh well, perhaps not, says the tapper.
Who is that there who's wrapping my ceiling now?
How they got in, I simply do not see how,
Who is that there who's wrapping my ceiling now,
That would be me, says the tapper.
Tapper, please, don't come any nearer me,
I need these things, don't take them away from me,
Tapper dear, don't come any nearer me,
We'll see about you, says the tapper.
Who is that there who's tapping the old bedpost?
They're further in than I would have first suposed,
Who is that there who's tapping the old bedpost,
Afraid that's me, says the tapper.
Tapper, please, don't come any nearer me,
Tapper, please, don't come any closer me,
Tapper, please, don't come any nearer me,
I think that I will, says the Tapper.
YOU ARE READING
Never told Nursery Rhymes
PoetryAre these the sort of things you like, my dear? the stories and the rhymes that make you shake? are you the sort who seeks darkness and fear? I surely hope you are, for your own sake. In here you'll meet the fear who has a face, in here you'll feel...
