Mouse Droppings, Dept.


I'm in that kind of mood today.

So, here's America's Favorite Vermin™ performing "Minnie's Yoo Hoo", a sing-along favorite for all ages.

And here are the lyrics for you to peruse while the popcorn pops and the egg nog chills:

MINNIE'S YOO HOO
(Carl Stalling / Walt Disney)

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 feeding time for the animals
And they howl and growl like the cannibals
I just turn my heel, to the hen house steal
And you hear me sing this song:

Oh! the old tom cat with his meow meow meow
Old houn' dog with his bow wow wow
The crows caw caw, and the mule's hee haw
Gosh, what a racket like an old buzz saw

I have listened to the cuckoo "kuke" his cuckoo
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 yoo hoo...

Oh, the Bluebird down in the cherry tree
And the busy buzz of the bumble bee
Evening bells a ringin', whippoorwills 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 tom cat with his meow meow meow
Old houn' dog with his bow wow wow
The crows caw caw, and the mule's hee haw
Gosh, what a racket like an old buzz saw

I have listened to the cuckoo "kuke" his cuckoo
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 yoo hoo...

For the completists among you, here's the song as performed under the closing credits of The Mouse Factory, a '70s half-hour show featuring celebrity guests (Jo Anne Worley! John Astin! Ken Berry! Charles Nelson Reilly!) introducing vintage cartoon clips.