(Noises that a beetle likes to hear)nnI had a little beetlenSo that beetle was his namenAnd I called him AlexandernAnd he answered just the samenAnd I put him in a matchboxnAnd I kept him all the daynBut Nanny let my beetle outnNanny let my beetle outnShe went and let my beetle outnAnd beetle ran awaynnShe said she didn't mean itnAnd I never said she didnShe said she wanted matchesnAnd she just took off the lidnShe said I musn't worrynAnd I really musn't mindnThat there's lots and lots of beetlesnThat she's certain we could findnShe said I musn't worrynBut it's difficult to catchnAn excited sort of beetlenYou've mistaken for a matchnIf we looked in all the placesnThat a beetle might be nearnAnd we made the kind of noisesnThat a beetle likes to hearnn(Noises that a beetle likes to hear)nnAnd I heard a kind of somethingnAnd I gave a sort of shoutnIt was a beetle housenAnd Alexander beetle coming outnIt was Alexander beetlenI'm as certain as can benAnd he had a kind of look as thoughnHe thought it might be menAnd he had a kind of look as thoughnHe thought he ought to saynI'm really very sorrynThat I tried to run awaynAnd Nanny's very sorry, toonCause you know what she didnAnd she's writing AlexandernVery blackly on the lidnSo Nan and me are friends becausenIt's difficult to catchnAn excited AlexandernYou've mistaken for a matchnn(Noises that a beetle likes to hear)