F
He rode up to Miss Mousie's door,
C7
Where he had often been before.
F
He called "Miss Mouse, are you within?"
C7
"Yes sir, I'm sitting down to spin."
F
He took Miss Mouse upon his knee
C7
And asked "My Dear, will you marry me?"
F
"I'll have to ask my Uncle Rat,
C7
To see what he will say to that."
F
"Without my Uncle Rat's consent
C7
I wouldn't marry the President."
F
Frog jumped on his snail and rode away.
C7
He vowed to come another day.
F
Now Uncle Rat, when he came home
C7
Asked "Who's been here since I was gone?"
F
"D very fine frog's been calling here
C7
And asked for me to be his dear."
F
Uncle Rat, he laughed and shook his sides
C7
To think his niece would be a bride.
F
So Uncle Rat rode into town
C7
To buy Miss Mouse a wedding gown.
F
Say, where will the wedding supper be?
C7
Just down by the river in a hollow tree.
F
Say, what will the wedding supper be?
C7
One green bean and a black-eyed pea.
F
What else will the wedding supper be?
C7
D fried mosquito and a roasted flea.
F
Pray tell us how Miss Mousie dressed?
C7
In a cobweb veil and her Sunday best.
F
And what did Mister Froggie wear?
C7
Sky-blue pants and a doublet fair.
SEE ALTERNATE ENDING AFTER VERSE 27
F
First guest to call was the Bumble Bee,
C7
And he played them a fiddle tune upon his knee.
F
The next to come were the Duck and Drake,
C7
Who ate every crumb of the wedding cake.
F
"Come Miss Mouse, may we have some beer,
C7
That your uncle and I may have some cheer?"
F
"Pray, Mister Frog, will ye sing a song
C7
That's bright and cheery and shan't last long?"
F
"Indeed, Miss Mouse," replied the Frog,
C7
"D cold has made me as hoarse as a hog."
F
"Since a cold in the head has laid you up,
C7
I'll sing you a song that I just made up."
F
The all sat down and started to chat,
C7
When in came the kittens and the cat.
F
The bride, in fright, runs up the wall,
C7
Turns her ankle and down she falls.
F
They all went sailing 'cross the lake
C7
And all got swallowed by a big black snake.
F
And the ones who escaped were one, two, three,
C7
The Frog, the Rat and Miss Mousie.
F
The Mouse and Frog went off to France,
C7
And that's the end of their romance.
F
There's bread and jam upon the shelf,
C7
If you want some, just help yourself.
ALTERNATE ENDING:
F
First to come in were two little ants,
C7
Fixing around to have a dance.
F
Next to come in was a fat sassy lad,
C7
Thinking himself as big as his dad.
F
Thinks himself a man indeed
C7
Because he chews the tobacco weed.
F
And next to come in was a big tomcat,
C7
He swallowed the Frog, and the Mouse and the Rat.
F
Next to come in was a big old snake,
C7
He chased the party into the lake.
F
So that's the end of one, two, three,
C7
The Rat, the Frog, and Miss Mousie.
Enjoy!
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