the tailor and the mouse

burl ives

some people have dogs for pets

and some people have cats but

there was a tailor

had a mouse

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they lived together in one house

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hi diddle um

come tintrum tantrum

through the town of ramsey

hi diddle um

come over the lea

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the tailor had a tall silk hat

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the mouse he ate it

fancy that

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hi diddle um

come tintrum tantrum

through the town of ramsey

hi diddle um

come over the lea

hi diddle um come feed a

the tailor

he chased him over the lea

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the last of that mouse he never did see

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hi diddle um

come tintrum tantrum

through the town of ramsey

hi diddle um

come over the lea

hi diddle um come feed a