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Listen to our Little Pocket Mouse song-in-progress

Category: Animal Songs

Published: Saturday, April 10, 2010

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 Litttle Pocket Mouse © B. Moose Peterson/WRP

Dear Friends,

At last!  Here is our new animal song for kids 
entitled  "Little Pocket Mouse." Whenever I write an new
animal song, I first learn as much as I can about the animal.  
Click here to learn some facts about this cute little rodent.  
The lyrics (words) to the song are below. As you can see,
the Little Pocket Mouse is a hero in this song! 

-Birdsong

 

LITTLE POCKET MOUSE
words by Birdsong and Dr. Marcie
music by Birdsong


I'm small and furry, watch me scurry!
It's the middle of the night and I'm in a hurry
To gather seeds I like to eat.
And store those seeds inside my cheeks.
I'm a little pocket mouse.

And when the sun begins to rise,
I find my tunnel and I crawl inside.
And there I hide the food I found
And rest all day 'til the sun goes down.
I'm a little pocket mouse.

CHORUS:

Pocket mouse, oh where's your house?
It's underground where I cannot be found.
Oh no, no, no!  (no, no)
I'm a mouse who likes my privacy,
So it came as a surprise to me
To learn I was  hero in the rodent family!

 It started in 1972
On a spaceship that went around moon.
Of all the animals smart and strong
Who did the astronauts take along?
It was the Little Pocket Mouse!

With lots of food in their big cheek pockets,
Five little mice boarded that rocket
Didn't know much about outer space,
but they were glad to help the human race
That little pocket mouse!

CHORUS:

Pocket mouse, oh where's your house?
It's underground where I cannot be found.
Oh no, no, no!  (no, no)
I'm a mouse who likes my privacy,
So it came as a surprise to me
To learn I was  hero in the rodent family!


Thirty years after orbiting the moon,
The Little Pocket Mouse was back in the news.
Because of a plan to build a road
Through a California  park that was the home
of the little pocket mouse


SPOKEN:

"Wait a minute!" (said one Little  Pacific Pocket mouse).
"You can't build a freeway right through my house.
It would certainly cause quite a shock
To all of us mice who live in this park.

There's no other place for us to go
Where the grass and seeds we need to live grow.
And besides, we're endangered and very rare.
A freeway through our house?  Oh no, you would not dare!

Don't you remember how we helped the human race
by traveling with astronauts thru  outer space?
So won't you please now pay us the favor back
and help us protect our habitat?"

Soon thousands of people listened to that mouse
And they stopped the plan to put a road through its house
Hurray, hurray, guess who saved the day
and made that freeway go away?
The little Pocket Mouse!


CHORUS:

Pocket mouse, oh where's your house?
It's underground where I cannot be found.
Oh no, no, no!  (no, no)
I'm a mouse who likes my privacy,
So it came as a surprise to me
To learn I was  hero in the rodent family!


There's a moral to  this story you see
That there's lots of Eco-Wonder Heroes like me
So try not to judge a bug or a rat,
'Cause they might be helpful as a matter of fact
Like little pocket mouse!

We are not just bothersome pests.
We're some of mother nature's very best
And each of us has a role to play
And one of us may even save the day
Like the little pocket mouse!



diagram from NASA website

 

                                                                  

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     (Pacific Pocket Mouse Photo: mhanus.cts.com/ ramonimals/ramonimals.htm)

Visitor Comments ( 1 ) | Post a Comment
Posted by: havannah star
Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 7:51:43 PM

i looooooooooooove this song!!! sooooooo cute!! good job marcie playing the mousie!!! and cheryl for writing this terrific song!! please put me on your email list so i can share all your stuff with my sisters. thank you.!!!

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About this Page: I’m small and furry, watch me scurry! It's the middle of the night and I'm in a hurry To gather seeds I like to eat. And store those seeds inside my cheeks. I'm a little pocket mouse. And when the sun begins to rise, I find my tunnel and I crawl inside. And there I hide the food I found And rest all day 'til the sun goes down. I'm a little pocket mouse. CHORUS: Pocket mouse, oh where's your house? It's underground where I cannot be found. Oh no, no, no! (no, no) I'm a mouse who likes my privacy, So it came as a surprise to me To learn I was hero in the rodent family! It started in 1972 On a spaceship that went around moon. Of all the animals smart and strong Who did the astronauts take along? It was the Little Pocket Mouse! With lots of food in their big cheek pockets, Five little mice boarded that rocket Didn't know much about outer space, but they were glad to help the human race That little pocket mouse! CHORUS: Pocket mouse, oh where's your house? It's underground where I cannot be found. Oh no, no, no! (no, no) I'm a mouse who likes my privacy, So it came as a surprise to me To learn I was hero in the rodent family!