This is a very unusual version of "Froggy" - no frog.

MOUSE ON THE HILL

There was an old mouse that live on the hill, uh-hunh,
There was an old mouse that live on the hill, uh-hunh,
There was an old mouse that live on the hill,
He was rough and tough like a Buffalo Bill,
Uh-hunh, uh-hunh, uh-hunh.

One day he said he was going for a ride...
With his sword and pistol by his side...

Well, he rode up to Missus Mousie's door...
And he knocked and he knocked 'til his fist got sore...

Well, I asked Missus Mousie would she marry me....
All she said, Just wait and see....

Missus Mousie says I can't do that...
You have to ask my Brother Rat...

Brother Rat had gone to town...
To buy Missus Mousie her wedding gown...

The wedding was said on the big oak tree (?)...
They had corn bread, cabbage, and black-eyed peas...

There was a piece of corn bread laying on the shelf...
If you want any more, you gotta sing it yourself....


This uses the usual tune.

As sung by Warner Williams
transcribed by ear from the Smithsonian Folkways compilation, Classic African-American Ballads

-Joe Offer-