The Tale of a Mouse Songtext
von Bernard Cribbins

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 gotta let him know
Or die."
So she started to be 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 she couldn't impart
That the love in her heart
It was more than her heart could bare


And the elephant thought
"She′s a very friendly sort, but square."
"Give him up." Said her friends
"Give him up and forget."
"It will 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."
But at last it became so unbareable
She went very far away
For she knew that her love was unshareable
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