Lyrics

There was a little mouse
And he lived just there
And when anybody came
He ran right up there!
The Mouse And The Cheese
I like to pretend I have some cheese and I give it to the children, then tickle the last one while the mouse runs up into her hole in the wall. Sally Jaeger got this tickle from Lee Bock, the children’s librarian in DePere, Wisconsin.
There was a little mouse
And she found a piece of cheese.
And she gave a piece to this one, [touch one finger]
And she gave a piece to this one, [touch the next finger]
And she gave a piece to this one, [touch the next finger]
And she gave a piece to this one, [touch the next finger]
And she gave a piece to this one, [touch the last finger]
And she ran through a hole in the wall. [run up the arm]
The Little Mice
I use this song as tickle. First I creep my fingers along baby’s arm, then I ‘stalk’ them, then I scurry them around. This is also used as a game with one child being the cat who has to find the ‘ mice’ who are the other kids.
1.The little mice go creeping, creeping, creeping.
The little mice go creeping, all through the house.
2.The big black cat goes stalking, stalking, stalking.
The big black cat goes stalking, all through the house.
3.The little mouse goes scampering, scampering, scampering.
The little mouse goes scampering, all through the house.