Now everybody sing. Ready? Go! I'm the guy they call little Mickey Mouse Got a sweetie down in the chicken house Neither fat nor skinny She's the horse's whinny She's my little Minnie Mouse! When it's feedin' time for the animals And they howl and growl like the cannibals I just turn my heel To the henhouse steal And you'll hear me sing this song Oh, the old tomcat with the meow, meow, meow! Ol' hound dog with the bow-wow-wow! The crow's caw-caw! And the mule's hee-haw! Gosh, what a racket like an ol' buzz saw! I have listened to the cuckoo cuke his coo-coo! And I've heard the rooster cock his doodle doo-oo With the cows and the chickens They all sound like the dickens When I hear my little Minnie's Yoo-Hoo! (That’s swell. Now the second verse. Louder!) Oh the blue bird down in the cherry tree And the busy buzz of the bumblebee Evening bells a-ringin' Whip-poor-wills a-singin' Well, they don't mean much to me! For my heart is down in the chicken house Where I long to be with my Minnie Mouse And I'll meet her there Mid that fragrance rare Sing to her this melody! Oh, the old tomcat with the meow, meow, meow! Ol' hound dog with the bow-wow-wow! The crow's caw-caw! And the mule's hee-haw! Gosh, what a racket like an ol' buzz saw! I have listened to the cuckoo cuke his coo-coo! And I've heard the rooster cock his doodle doo-oo With the cows and the chickens They all sound like the dickens When I hear my little Minnie's Yoo-Hoo! (Let’s all sing the chorus again.) Oh, the old tomcat with the meow, meow, meow! Ol' hound dog with the bow-wow-wow! The crow's caw-caw! And the mule's hee-haw! Gosh, what a racket like an ol' buzz saw! I have listened to the cuckoo cuke his coo-coo! And I've heard the rooster cock his doodle doo-oo With the cows and the chickens They all sound like the dickens When I hear my little Minnie's Yoo-Hoo!
This song is the true icon of Mickey’s golden age Sound Cartoons in Black & White. Not only the intro theme for the cartoons during that era, but the anthem used at the Mickey Mouse Club gatherings of the time as well! Really cool to hear it redone in the Paul Rudish style!
