G#
He rode up to Miss Mousie's door,
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Where he had often been before.
G#
He called "Miss Mouse, are you within?"
D#7
"Yes sir, I'm sitting down to spin."
G#
He took Miss Mouse upon his knee
D#7
And asked "My Dear, will you marry me?"
G#
"I'll have to ask my Uncle Rat,
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To see what he will say to that."
G#
"Without my Uncle Rat's consent
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I wouldn't marry the President."
G#
Frog jumped on his snail and rode away.
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He vowed to come another day.
G#
Now Uncle Rat, when he came home
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Asked "Who's been here since I was gone?"
G#
"F very fine frog's been calling here
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And asked for me to be his dear."
G#
Uncle Rat, he laughed and shook his sides
D#7
To think his niece would be a bride.
G#
So Uncle Rat rode into town
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To buy Miss Mouse a wedding gown.
G#
Say, where will the wedding supper be?
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Just down by the river in a hollow tree.
G#
Say, what will the wedding supper be?
D#7
One green bean and a black-eyed pea.
G#
What else will the wedding supper be?
D#7
F fried mosquito and a roasted flea.
G#
Pray tell us how Miss Mousie dressed?
D#7
In a cobweb veil and her Sunday best.
G#
And what did Mister Froggie wear?
D#7
Sky-blue pants and a doublet fair.
SEE ALTERNATE ENDING AFTER VERSE 27
G#
First guest to call was the Bumble Bee,
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And he played them a fiddle tune upon his knee.
G#
The next to come were the Duck and Drake,
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Who ate every crumb of the wedding cake.
G#
"Come Miss Mouse, may we have some beer,
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That your uncle and I may have some cheer?"
G#
"Pray, Mister Frog, will ye sing a song
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That's bright and cheery and shan't last long?"
G#
"Indeed, Miss Mouse," replied the Frog,
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"F cold has made me as hoarse as a hog."
G#
"Since a cold in the head has laid you up,
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I'll sing you a song that I just made up."
G#
The all sat down and started to chat,
D#7
When in came the kittens and the cat.
G#
The bride, in fright, runs up the wall,
D#7
Turns her ankle and down she falls.
G#
They all went sailing 'cross the lake
D#7
And all got swallowed by a big black snake.
G#
And the ones who escaped were one, two, three,
D#7
The Frog, the Rat and Miss Mousie.
G#
The Mouse and Frog went off to France,
D#7
And that's the end of their romance.
G#
There's bread and jam upon the shelf,
D#7
If you want some, just help yourself.
ALTERNATE ENDING:
G#
First to come in were two little ants,
D#7
Fixing around to have a dance.
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Next to come in was a fat sassy lad,
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Thinking himself as big as his dad.
G#
Thinks himself a man indeed
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Because he chews the tobacco weed.
G#
And next to come in was a big tomcat,
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He swallowed the Frog, and the Mouse and the Rat.
G#
Next to come in was a big old snake,
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He chased the party into the lake.
G#
So that's the end of one, two, three,
D#7
The Rat, the Frog, and Miss Mousie.
Enjoy!
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