Bernard Cribbins — The Tale of a Mouse

[Verse 1] A mouse fell in love with an elephant An elephant wide and tall On the whole, he was large for an elephant While the mouse, for a mouse, was small But, the love of the mouse Was as big as a house And she cried to the midnight sky "I'm in love with him so I've got to let him know or die" [Verse 2] So, she started to be seen being seen around In places where elephants go With the air of a mouse that has been around With a nod and a "Hiya, Joe" But, shе couldn't impart That the love in heart It was morе than her heart could bear And the elephant thought "She's a very friendly sort of square" [Bridge] "Give him up," said her friends "Give him up and forget" "It'll never work out" Said her aunt "Oh, I know," said the mouse "And I know that I should "And I would if I could "But I can't" [Verse 3] But, at last it became so unbearable She went very far away For she knew that her love wasn't shareable And she hoped she'd forget one day Well, she did in the end Her heart seemed to mend And the past? Well, the past was dead She's no longer in love with an elephant, of course But she's fallen for a horse instead


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