(Mother sings:)

A rush as of a troop!

A scamper in the walls!

A scurry in the floors!

Then perfect silence falls.

(Children, pausing, sing:)

’Tis we, the merry Mice!

’Tis we, the frolic Mice

All scudding in a trice!

’Tis we! ’tis we! ’tis we!