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

 

Mice....running through the rice

Snakes....as big as garden snakes

Goats....eating all the oats

Bees....with little knobby knees

Apes....eating all the grapes

Turtles....wearing rubber girdles

Roaches....sleeping in little coaches

Flies....swarming 'round the pies

Fishes....washing al the dishes

Moths....eating through the cloths

Beans....as big as submarines

Gravy....enough to float the navy

Cakes....that give us tummy aches

Eggs...with scaly chicken legs

Butter....running in the gutter

Lard....they sell it by the yard

Bread....with great big lumps like lead

Cheese....that makes you want to sneeze

Soot....they grow it by the foot

Owls....shredding paper towels

Bear....with curlers in its hair

Buffalos....with hair between their toes

Foxes....stuffed in little boxes

Coke....enough to make you choke

Pepsi....that gives you apoplexy

Scouts....eating brussel sprouts

Leaders....slapping at the skeeters.

-Nashua Valley/Pioneer Valley Pow Wow 1996