Up flies the kite
Down falls the lark
Aunt Lucy Broadwood got lost in the dark
Lucy left home about half past eight
And she hadn't got further than the garden gate
When a big black bird dropped a stone from the sky
Left Lucy there on the path to die
Lucy jumped up and shook her fist
Saying, "Heres another girl from the town you've missed"
But she looked again and she was alone -
Nothing on the ground but a feather and a stone
Up flies the kite
Down falls the lark
Aunt Lucy Broadwood got lost in the dark
At the edge of the wood where the grass is wet
Up jumped a man with a clarinet
Blew a note both loud and clear
And left it hanging in Lucy's ear
Aunt Lucy Broadwood was quite impressed
Closed her eyes and started to undress
Turned three times around and the man wasn't there -
And all she could do was stand and stare
Up flies the kite
Down falls the lark
Aunt Lucy Broadwood got lost in the dark
Lucy went further than she knew she should
She came to a house in the middle of the wood
The door was bolted and the windows were barred
And she thought she heard the voice of her Ma
So she called out "Mother, I know you're in there,"
And up went the cry through the still green air
If Mother was there, she never heard
The only sound was the screech of a bird
Up flies the kite
Down falls the lark
Aunt Lucy Broadwood got lost in the dark
Lucy didn't know which way to turn
When a bush behind her started to burn
She though of Moses in the Holy Book
Turned around to have a look
And who should it be but the devil in black
He blasted out of the ground with a crack
Hoisted her up on his hungry shoulder
And carried her off to hell like a boulder
Up flies the kite
Down falls the lark
Aunt Lucy Broadwood got lost in the dark
Hell was hot and what was more
Hell was a terrible, terrible bore
She didn't think she could last the night
So she opened the door and turned on the light
The bulb fused out with a fizz and a crack
And the door slammed shut on Lucy's back
Up flew the kite, down fell the lark
Aunt Lucy Broadwood was lost in the dark!
Up flies the kite
Down falls the lark
Aunt Lucy Broadwood got lost in the dark
