FLIBBIE. I’m ve - ry sor - ry, Go - ver - ness, I real - ly _can’t_ be good; How much I try you can - not guess, I on - ly wish I could. GOVERNESS. 2. How do you spell Fat? FLIBBIE. Please, Go - ver - ness, did you say Mat? GOVERNESS. No, I said Fat. FLIBBIE. Kind - ly ex - cuse me! I thought you said Mat. GOVERNESS. No, I said Fat! FLIBBIE. I thought you said Mat. GOVERNESS. Spell Fat! FLIBBIE. I can ea - si - ly do that. P H A T, Phat. GOVERNESS. You are so wil - ful and per - verse, It’s real - ly ve - ry sad; Each day you’re get - ting worse and worse, And soon you’ll drive me mad! FLIBBIE. I’m ve - ry sor - ry, Go - ver - ness, I real - ly _can’t_ be good; How much I try you can - not guess, I real - ly wish I could, How much I try you can - not guess, I on - ly wish I could. {GOVERNESS.} {FLIBBIE. } {You are so wil - ful and per - verse,} {I’m ve - ry sor - ry, Go - ver - ness,} {It’s real - ly ve - ry sad;} {I real - ly _can’t_ be good;} {Each day you’re get - ting worse and worse,} {How much I try you can - not guess,} {And soon you’ll drive me mad,} {I real - ly wish I could,} {Each day you’re get - ting worse and worse,} {How much I try you can - not guess,} {And soon you’ll drive me mad!} {I on - ly wish I could.} FLIB. Please, Governess, I’m tired of lessons. Take me for a little walk. GOV. Very well, Flibbie, but you must try to walk slower. I am not so active as you are. FLIB. I’ll try, Governess. (_Aside_) Won’t I lead her a dance! That’s all. GOV. Come along, then! _Exeunt GOVERNESS and FLIBBIE._ _Enter ALICE._ No. 3. “I’M NOT TO DO THIS.” (SONG.--ALICE.) [Music] 1. I’ve es - caped from my Go - ver - ness! Oh, what a treat! Some fault she has al - ways to find; And when I get home, with a scold - ing I’ll meet, But not in the least shall I mind. She’ll be in a ter - ri - ble fright, I can tell, But she’ll hunt for me vain - ly, I fear; She for - bade me to en - ter this beau - ti - ful Dell, And that is the rea - son I’m here. I’m not to do this, I am to do that, I’m grum - bled at all the day long; What - ev - er I don’t do, What - ev - er I do do, I’m sure to be told it is wrong, wrong, wrong, Ne - ver right, ne - ver right, al - ways wrong. 2. And this is the Dell that’s en - chant - ed, she said, I’m sure it looks harm - less e - nough; The sto - ry in some chil - dren’s book she has read, So it must all be non - sense and stuff. Of course she will say to me, “Where did you go?” And the truth I will cer - tain - ly tell; And then I can tease her and laugh at her so, For be - liev - ing in Hy - a - cinth Dell.