Lyrics
(English folk song)
There was a tailor had a mouse
Hi diddle um come feed-al
They lived together in one house
Hi diddle um come feed-al
Refrain
Hi diddle um come tarum tirum,
Through the town of Ramsey,
Hi diddle um come over the lea,
Hi diddle um come feed-al
The tailor thought his mouse was ill
Hi diddle um come feed-al
He gave him part of a blue pill
Hi diddle um come feed-al Refrain
The tailor thought the mouse would die
Hi diddle um come feed-al
He baked him in an apple pie
Hi diddle um come feed-al Refrain
The pie was cut, the mouse ran out
Hi diddle um come feed-al
The tailor chased him all about
Hi diddle um come feed-al Refrain
The tailor found his mouse was dead
Hi diddle um come feed-al
So he bought another one in his stead
Hi diddle um come feed-al Refrain
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- Country: England
- Subjects: mice / occupations
- Type: ballads
- Form: AB
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm: anacrusis /
- Scale: natural minor
- Source: Singing in Harmony, Ginn and Company, 1957
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- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
