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