The Tailor and the Mouse

The Tailor and the Mouse (Roud 16577) is an English folk song.

Lyrics

There was a tailor had a mouse

Hi diddle um come feed-al

They lived together in one house

Hi diddle um come feed-al

Chorus (after each verse):

Hi diddle um come tarum tirum,
Through the town of Ramsey,
Hi diddle um come over the lea,
Hi diddle um come feed-al

The tailor thought his mouse was ill

Hi diddle um come feed-al

He gave him part of a blue pill

Hi diddle um come feed-al

The tailor thought the mouse would die

Hi diddle um come feed-al

He baked him in an apple pie

Hi diddle um come feed-al

The pie was cut, the mouse ran out

Hi diddle um come feed-al

The tailor chased him all about

Hi diddle um come feed-al

The tailor found his mouse was dead

Hi diddle um come feed-al

So he bought another one in his stead

Hi diddle um come feed-al

Recordings

• Shirley Collins 1959
• Folksongs (Alfred Deller album) 1972
• Burl Ives
• Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Andrew Ford album) 2015