"Beware the Jabberwock" is a deleted song from Disney's 1951 animated feature, Alice in Wonderland, which would have featured the deleted character, the Jabberwocky. Also, it was recorded on May 14, 1947. The song was cut due to Walt thought it was too scary for young children and because of time constraints.
Lyrics[]
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Gyre and gimble in the wabe
And mimsy are the borogoves
And the Mome Raths outgrabe...
Beware the Jab-Jab-Jabberwock.
The Jubjub and the Bandersnatch
Oh manxome and so frumious
With the big claws that catch
Beware the Jab-Jab-Jabberwock
That burbles in the Tulgey Wood
With eyes of flame he whiffles up
Little girls who won't be good
He's here, he's there, he's everywhere
So don't go out so uffishly
Look out! He may be hiding there
Behind the Tumtum tree
He's in, he's out, he's all about
He'll get you if you don't look out
That whiffling, burbling Jabberwock
Beware the Jabberwock!
(music break)
He's here, he's there, he's everywhere
So don't go out so uffishly
Look out! He may be hiding there
Behind the Tumtum tree
He's in, he's out, he's all about
He'll get you if you don't look out
That whiffling, burbling Jabberwock
Beware the Jabberwock!
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves,
Gyre and gimble in the wabe
And mimsy are the borogoves
And the Mome Raths outgrabe!
Trivia[]
- The song's title is a reference to a line from "Jabberwocky": "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!"