Little Brown Mouse

DESCRIPTION: "Oh the liquor was spilled on the barroom floor, And the place was closed for the night. When out of the dark came a little brown mouse, To sit in the pale moonlight." The mouse drinks so much that it declares, "Bring on that gosh-darned cat! "
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: humorous animal drink campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 107, 233, "Little Gray Mouse" (notes only)
Roud #18503
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Intoxicated Rat" (plot)
NOTES [48 words]: Mudcat.org has a thread, "Intoxicated Mouse," in which this ends with a verse,
The cat came out the very next day
And ate up the little brown mouse.
The moral of this story is,
"Never have a drink on the house."
Despite its sillyness, I wonder if this isn't a moralizing conclusion. - RBW
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