Aeslin Mice
lyrics and melody by Cat Faber 2012
mp3 and pdf sheet music
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Talking rodents in tribal dress,
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Glad to quit the wonders of the wilderness,
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Converted, and converting, with love and wit
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Family history to Holy Writ
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Mark their rituals, but my advice
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Don't give matches to the Aeslin mice!
Food For Privacy: the first swap made;
The Oldest Ritual, the Sacred Trade,
Curious ever, but make no mistake;
They're always ready for cheese and cake.
They've never seen the old events for which
Their festive cheering reaches fever pitch,
But they keep our history in tale and song;
The colony's memory is very long.
Food and worship is their whole desire,
Singing praises in a tiny choir,
Held in harmony, sweet and shrill
Too mad to manage and to cute to kill.
Every Price is given this much free,
Our peculiar immortality
In the memories the mice rehearse
We live forever, though we're dead, or worse.
