Just a Washerwoman

Lyrics

King wants instructor of magic, that foolish man Same time he hunts all the wizards and witches in the land Charlatan with no magic power wants to get rich So he fools the king into thinking he's a wizard with a few simple tricks Now, the charlatan gets appointed as king's Sorcerer-in-Chief But he doesn't know I'm watching, and that I know he's a thief Yeah, I may be just a washerwoman, but I know That magic is inherited and can't be taught So I'll just watch the king from behind my windowpane Babbity Rabbity is my name King tries harder and harder to do a spell I laugh because he is failing and charlatan as well King wants to show off his magic, though he has none He plans a demonstration, and warns the charlatan not to run Now, the charlatan has realized that I am magical And he says if I don't help him, that he will run and tell Yeah, I may be just a washerwoman, but I know That magic is inherited and can't be taught So I'll just help the king from outside my windowpane Babbity Rabbity is my name The next day, a crowd has gathered To see what the king has mastered With my help, he makes a hat disappear and a horse fly around, but he couldn't raise the dead [spoken:] 'Cause no magic can raise the dead 'Why doesn't it work?' 'There, your Majesty, there. I see her plain, a wicked witch who is blocking your magic with her own evil spells. Seize her, somebody, seize her!' [sung:] I run and I am followed by hunting hounds I stop by an ageing old tree and I vanish into the ground They think I'm inside the tree, so they cut it and it lands with a thump They think they're safe to go home, but I cackle from inside the stump I tell them they are cursed for killing a witch And make the charlatan admit that he's a lying … prat Though I am just a washerwoman, I proclaim That you construct a monument in my name And treat wizards and witches just the same as you Yeah, that's what you're going to do Now I am just a rabbit; Babbity Rabbity is my name