Lost Time - Donovan

Timothy took his time to school

Plenty of time he took

But some he lost in the tadpole pool

And some in the stickle back brook

Ever so much in the linnets nest

And more on the five-barred gate

Timothy took his time to school

But he lost it all and was late

Timothy has a lot to do

How shall it all be done?

Why he never got home till close on two

Though he might have been back by one

There’s sums and writings and spelling too

And an apple tree to climb

Timothy has a lot to do

How shall he find the time?

Timothy sought it high and low

He looked in the tadpole pool

To see if they’d taken the time to grow

That he lost on the way to school

He found the nest and he found the tree

And he found the gate he’d crossed

But Timothy never shall find ah me

The time that Timothy lost

Tam ta ta tam …

Timothy sought it high and low

He looked in the tadpole pool

To see if they’d taken the time to grow

That he lost on the way to school

He found the nest and he found the tree

And he found the gate he’d crossed

But Timothy never shall find ah me

The time that Timothy lost

The time that Timothy lost

The time that Timothy lost

The time that Timothy lost …