Bobby Darin - The Proper Gander lyrics

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