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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?"
B7
"Yes sir, I'm sitting down to spin."
E
He took Miss Mouse upon his knee
B7
And asked "My Dear, will you marry me?"
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"I'll have to ask my Uncle Rat,
B7
To see what he will say to that."
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"Without my Uncle Rat's consent
B7
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
B7
Asked "Who's been here since I was gone?"
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"C# 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
B7
To think his niece would be a bride.
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So Uncle Rat rode into town
B7
To buy Miss Mouse a wedding gown.
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Say, where will the wedding supper be?
B7
Just down by the river in a hollow tree.
E
Say, what will the wedding supper be?
B7
One green bean and a black-eyed pea.
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What else will the wedding supper be?
B7
C# fried mosquito and a roasted flea.
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Pray tell us how Miss Mousie dressed?
B7
In a cobweb veil and her Sunday best.
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And what did Mister Froggie wear?
B7
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,
B7
And he played them a fiddle tune upon his knee.
E
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,
B7
That your uncle and I may have some cheer?"
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"Pray, Mister Frog, will ye sing a song
B7
That's bright and cheery and shan't last long?"
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"Indeed, Miss Mouse," replied the Frog,
B7
"C# cold has made me as hoarse as a hog."
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"Since a cold in the head has laid you up,
B7
I'll sing you a song that I just made up."
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The all sat down and started to chat,
B7
When in came the kittens and the cat.
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The bride, in fright, runs up the wall,
B7
Turns her ankle and down she falls.
E
They all went sailing 'cross the lake
B7
And all got swallowed by a big black snake.
E
And the ones who escaped were one, two, three,
B7
The Frog, the Rat and Miss Mousie.
E
The Mouse and Frog went off to France,
B7
And that's the end of their romance.
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There's bread and jam upon the shelf,
B7
If you want some, just help yourself.
ALTERNATE ENDING:
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First to come in were two little ants,
B7
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
B7
Because he chews the tobacco weed.
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And next to come in was a big tomcat,
B7
He swallowed the Frog, and the Mouse and the Rat.
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Next to come in was a big old snake,
B7
He chased the party into the lake.
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So that's the end of one, two, three,
B7
The Rat, the Frog, and Miss Mousie.
Enjoy!