MELINDA THE MOUSE
Kim Gannon, Josef Myrow & Gene Irwin

Ella Fitzgerald (1941)


Melinda was a mousey 
Livin' in a little housey
And her life was one of wonder and ease

On the sunny side of twenty
With a papa who had plenty
Her life was just a bowl of cheese

One day a kitty said, My but you're purty - I love you
Mousey near died, but replied, Why, I know nothing of you
You're just a kitty cat.

But kitty said don't worry
Be a sport, come on and hurry
I've got a lovely surprise

But as kitty cat got nearer
Melinda saw much clearer
It wasn't love in kitty's eyes

Just then a hound
With his nose to the ground
Happened to wonder around

T'would have done you good to see
Kitty scramble up a tree
And our friend Melinda Mouse got free

Now, kitty's mad
'Cause mousey is free
Melinda is glad
Ha Hah, Hee Hee
The kitty's up a tree



(Transcribed by Samb Hicks - January 2015)