The Tailor and the Mouse (Traditional)

  1. There was a tailor had a mouse
    Hi diddle un-come feedle.
    They lived together in one house
    Hi diddle un-come feedle.

    Chor) Hi diddle un-come ta-rum tantum
    Through the town of Ramsey
    Hi diddle un-come over the lea
    Hi diddle un-come feedle.

  2. The tailor thought his mouse was ill, Hi diddle(etc)
    He gave him part of a blue pill, Hi diddle (etc)

    Chor) (again)

  3. The tailor thought his mouse would die, Hi diddle(etc)
    He baked him in an apple pie, Hi diddle(etc)

    Chor) (again)

  4. The pie was cut, the mouse ran out, Hi diddle(etc)
    The tailor followed him all about, Hi diddle(etc)

    Chor) (again)

  5. The tailor found his mouse was dead, Hi diddle(etc)
    So he caught another in his stead, Hi diddle(etc)

    Chor) (again)

    ( Unknown/anonymous author )

    (original Whinchat recording from 1974)