There are rats, rats, rats as big as alley cats
In the store, in the store
There are rats, rats, rats as big as alley cats
At the Quartermaster’s store
CHORUS:
My eyes are dim, I can not see
I have not brought my specs with me
All-i-gators … Eating Nilla Wafers Ant-e-lopes … Using all the rope Apes….eating all the grapes
Beagles … Being chased by eagles
Beans….as big as submarines
Beavers … Wielding rusty cleavers
Bears … Running down the stairs (or: With curlers in their hair)
Beetles … Running on the needles
Bees….with little knobby knees
(or: Buzzing ’round the keys)
Bob-bob-whites … Wearing silken tights
Bread….with great big lumps like lead
Buf-fa-loes … Eating all the dough (or: With hair between their toes) Butter….running in the gutter
Cakes….that give us tummy aches
Cheese . . . that makes you want to sneeze. (or: with kilts and hairy knees)
Coke….enough to make you choke
Deer … Drinking all the coffee
there
Dip-lo-dacus … Causing quite a fracas
Eagles … Chasing little beagles
Eggs…with scaly chicken legs
Fishes….washing al the dishes
Fleas … Crawling on our knees Flies….swarming ’round the pies
Flour . . . that will give you super power.
Foxes….stuffed in little boxes
Goats….eating all the oats
Gold-gold-finch … Sitting on the winch
Gravy….enough to float the navy
Hats . . . being worn by hairless rats.
Hip-hip-pos … Stepping on our toes
Ice … If you’re really nice
Kippers . . . in little furry slippers.
Lard….they sell it by the yard
Leaders….slapping at the skeeters.
Meat . . . smelling like [Name’s/Sergeant’s] feet.
Mer-chan-dise … Sold at twice the price
Mice….running through the rice
Moths….eating through the cloths
Owls….shredding paper towels
Pepsi….that gives you apoplexy
Plat-y-pi … Eating all the pie
Quar-ter-masters … Hanging from the rafters
Rac-rac-coons … Stealing all the spoons
Ravens … Acting rather craven
Roaches….sleeping in little coaches
Snails … Crawling on the nails
Snakes … Big as garden rakes
Soot….they grow it by the foot
SPLs … Making funny smells
Trout … Causing lots of grout
Tuna … Running ’round the room-a
Turkey … Eating all the jerkey
Turtles….wearing rubber girdles
April 25, 2010
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