Alice in Wonderland (Kern)

by Jerome Kern (music) and Harry B. Smith (lyrics)

For works with similar titles, see Alice in Wonderland.

Sheet music cover

[Verse]

In a shady nook in a garden,

One long summer afternoon,

Golden haired Alice fell fast asleep

while the bees hummed a lullaby tune,

And what Alice dreamed in the garden

was a marvelous dream indeed;

So a poet wrote Alices dream in a book.

For old and young children to read!

[Refrain]

I wish I could wander in wonderland

Don't you?

I wish I could meet all the people she met

Don't you?

To that Mad tea party I'd love to go,

With all those wonderful guests we know,

I wish the white Rabbit would take my hand

and lead me to wonderland!

[Verse]

I would love to meet the old Duchess,

And talk with the gossiping mouse,

Hear the wise old remarks of the Dodo Bird,

Meet that Puppy as big as a house,

And the Footman Frog and the Footman Fish,

and the whole of the Court Card group;

I would love the Mock Turtle who wept and who sighed.

For fear he would end in the soup!

[Refrain]

I wish I could wander in wonderland

Don't you?

I wish I could meet all the people she met

Don't you?

Oh it would be jolly to have a chat,

With that grinning, Cheerfully, Chesire Cat,

I wish the Black Kitten would take my hand

and lead me to wonderland!

I do

Don't you?

I'm perfectly sure you do.