There was a white mouse consultation
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Down at the county fair
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All the church mice, field mice and not
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so nice mice
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Everybody gathered there
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You see the muckidy muck he was
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speakin', tellin' them where it was at
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He said hear, hear there ain't nothin' to fear
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Except a three eyed Siamese cat
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And the crowd was stunned
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See, no single mouse had ever seen one
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He said don't be scared
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We're prepared.
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Then he held up a great big picture
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So every mouse could see
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What a three eyed Siamese cat looked like
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The face of the enemy
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And the crowd let out such a shudder
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As they lined up file and rank
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Starin' at a twenty foot picture frame
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Surroundin' a twenty foot blank
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Just empty space
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But every single mouse
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Swore he saw a face
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He said don't be scared
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We're prepared
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Then the muckidy much started screamin'
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Yellin' till his voice gave out
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He said now that you've seen what the
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cat looks like
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Gonna tell you what he's all about
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He said he don't eat cheese on Friday
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And he goes around lickin' his paws
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He's awful mean and he loves to keep clean
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And believes in changin' laws
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And the crowd went wild
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And every mouse began to fear for his child
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Don't scared
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We're prepared.
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Now two times two is forty-five
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The muckidy muck explained
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And the flat side of the moon is green
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And the farmer don't need no rain
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And the night is light and might is right
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And Supermouse is on our side
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And the three eyed Siamese cat's a plague
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From which nobody can hide
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And the mice all cringed
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The whiskers of that cat would soon
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be singed
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Don't be scared
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We're prepared.
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Then the muckidy muck started singin'
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Through his great paternal grin
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And the church mice, field mice
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All the patriotic mice
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Everybody chimed right in
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They sang this land is mice land
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Mice country tis of thee
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Well my father took it from the beaver rat
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Nobody's gonna take it from me
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And the mice all cheered
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The sound that they were makin' sure
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was weird
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Dont' be scared
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We're prepared.
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Then the muckidy muck said line up here
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Everybody give a buck
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To fight the three eyed Siamese cat
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takes money
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And a little bit of luck
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We've got a million of our best young mice
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To go out and volunteer
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To give up what they're livin' for
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To make the cat disappear
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Let's give 'em a hand
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Yay
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We don't want that cat invadin' our land
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No way
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We're not scared
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We're prepared.
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Then a mighty strange thing happened
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Guess you could call it fate
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You see, a gust of wind blew the picture
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frame down
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And it landed on the muckidy muck's head
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And the mice they all went crazy
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For the first time they saw the lie
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It was all a hoax on just simple folks
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And the muckidy muck must die
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And die he did
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The members of his staff they just fled
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They were scared
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Hah
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Just not prepared.
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The Proper Gander
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| Bobby Darin |
