Tell me what the Tea Leaves Tell Me

 

 

 

 

 

Chorus
Tell me what the tea leaves tell me
Tell me Mumma do
Do they say that I will be
As lovely Mum as you
Do they say that I will marry
Or that I wiU have to tarry
Tell me what the tea leaves tell me
Tell me Mumma do

My pretty little dolly wants to sit up here by me
An hear the lovely stories that you tell us from the tea
Of little bears and rabbits and their tricky little habits
Tell me what the tea leaves tell me tell me Mumma do

Of these pretty little stories I can never have enough
Tell me of the piggies and the wolf who went puff puff
Tell me all of those and then tell me all of those again
Tell me what the tea leaves tell me tell me Mumma do

Daughter darling daughter I will tell these tales to you
Tho' you know darling daughter they are sometimes not quite true
But I can never read your cup while all those leaves are covered up
So drink up darling daughter and I'll tell those tales to you