Mickey Mouse

AKA Mickey Mickey Tricky Mickey Mouse
First Published 1930
Writer/composer Harry Carlton Roud RN29716

Music Hall Performers Harry Carlton, various
Folk performances Collected from the singing of:
Bentall, Brenda; England; 1970		 

From Lawrence Wright sheet music (1930):

There's a certain animile
Making everybody smile
And in life, his walk is
Appearing on the 'Talkies'
What this little chap can do-
And the tricks he gets up to,
On the screen of fame -
What's this fellow's name?

Mickey! Mickey! Tricky Mickey Mouse!
On the land and on the sea
He's a big celebrity
He can dance and he can sing
Talk and walk and everything
Quite the greatest 'Talkie' king is
Mickey! Mickey! Mickey Mouse!

Mickey! Mickey! Tricky Mickey Mouse! 
When a navvy in the street
Knocked off work, his lunch to eat
Naveen Mike he shouted "Hi!"
Dropped his lunch and did a guy
There inside his coal porkpie was
Mickey! Mickey! Mickey Mouse!

On a Cook's tour Mickey went
Round the town on pleasure bent
All the tomcats hissed him
Then suddenly they missed him
They searched here and then searched there
Couldn't find him anywhere
Scotland Yard then sure
Sent out of their "Big Four"

Mickey! Mickey! Tricky Mickey Mouse! 
In Trafalgar Square he went
Scotland Yard picked up the scent
Find a clue and followed that
What led to knocked them flat
Sitting on Lord Nelson's hat was
Mickey! Mickey! Mickey Mouse!

Mickey! Mickey! Tricky Mickey Mouse! 
Catching him was all in vain
When he disappeared again
Scotland Yard was full of sleuth
One "Big Four" man shouted "struth"
In a lion's hollow tooth sat
Mickey! Mickey! Mickey Mouse!

[Extra verses and choruses follow]

A comic song performed by traditional singer Brenda Bentall for Roy Palmer in 1970.

The original song was written some 40 years earlier as a comedy foxtrot and performed in the dance halls and music halls of the early 1930s. Harry Carlton, a comic and songwriter, wrote, composed and performed it, inspired by the cartoon character who was enjoying huge popularity.

New Numbers Reviewed, The Era, 16 April 1930

Performed by The Rhythmic Eight:

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