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Edward Scissorhands Poem
Having sat through Tim Burton's wonderful film the other night, I was surprised when the featurette had Tim Burton saying he'd made the story up. I mentioned to my wife that when I was a child, I had had a book of nonsense poems which I am certain contained one called Edward Scissorhands. The majority were by Edward Lear, but I think there were other authors in there, and I remember Shock Headed Peter being one of them.
Googling for Edward Scissorhands, I can find no reference to this poem and plenty that say Burton made it up. My memory's often flaky, but I'm certain on this. Can anyone shed any light?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Excuse my self-indulgence here, but I just had to include the truly classic rhyme from Struwwelpeter, as has been previously mentioned. It describes Conrad having his thumbs cut off by a man with scissors because he continues to suck them non-stop.
The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb
One day, Mamma said, "Conrad dear,
I must go out and leave you here.
But mind now, Conrad, what I say,
Don't suck your thumb while I'm away.
The great tall tailor always comes
To little boys that suck their thumbs.
And ere they dream what he's about
He takes his great sharp scissors
And cuts their thumbs clean off, - and then
You know, they never grow again."
Mamma had scarcely turn'd her back,
The thumb was in, alack! alack!
The door flew open, in he ran,
The great, long, red-legged scissorman.
Oh! children, see! the tailor's come
And caught our little Suck-a-Thumb.
Snip! Snap! Snip! the scissors go;
And Conrad cries out - Oh! Oh! Oh!
Snip! Snap! Snip! They go so fast;
That both his thumbs are off at last.
Mamma comes home; there Conrad stands,
And looks quite sad, and shows his hands;-
"Ah!" said Mamma "I knew he'd come
To naughty little Suck-a-Thumb."
If you ever get the chance go and see the show 'Shock Headed Peter' a musical interpretation of Hoffman's poems by The Tiger-Lilies, I highly, highly recommend it. It's playing in New York at the moment and had two runs in London.
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