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Scouse - Ringo Starr
Bonce - Adam Faith
Molly Jolly - Barbara Dickson
Mr Jolly/Captain - Michael Golden
Holly Jolly - Miranda Pleasence (Sung by Lucy Pleasence)
Olly Jolly - Ben Chatterly
Little Boy/Geoffrey The Cat - Henry Wolfe
American Lady - Ruby Wax
Louey The Gull - Rick Jones
Narrator - Donald Pleasence
Polly Jolly - Polly Pleasence
Story By - Donald Pleasence
Living In A Pet Shop Roger BrownI got up today and I took a look around,
I was living in a pet shop.
Living this life is really getting me down,
Living in a pet shop.
All of this noise and all of this clatter,
All day long we just chat, chat, chatter.
Oh, what a life, will it ever stop?
Living in a pet shop.
Aum -
I've been here, it's all I ever have known,
Living in a pet shop.
All I ever wanted was a home of my own
But i'm living in a pet shop.
You might say we're a little overcrowded, (meow-)
Chock-a-bloc bunnies, there's no doubt about it.
Oh, what a life, will it ever stop?
Living in a pet shop.
Come on, people, won't somebody try me?
I'm a nice fellow, won't somebody buy me?
Aum -
Aum - (animal scat sing)
I got up today and I took a look around,
I was living in a pet shop.
Living this life is really getting me down,
Living in a pet shop.
(meow -)
If I stay here my heart is gonna break me, (meow -)
If you're going my way, won't you, please, take me?
Oh, what a life, will it ever stop?
Living in a pet shop,
Living in a pet shop.
(Oh, what a life will it ever stop - aum-meow-)
Dialog:"I'm looking for a mouse." The boy bought the mouse.
The mouse opened his eyes in a house in Liverpool. He was in a cage. People were talking about him. He couldn't' understand them. At this time he could speak only animo.
"I must learn this language," thought the mouse, "if I'm to get anywhere at all."
"Hey, you lot! come and get your scouse!" shouted mother. scouse is a kind of stew made in Liverpool. "Here you are, mouse, have a bit of scouse, you're a Liverpool mouse so you should eat scouse. Hey! that's what I'll call him, Scouse the Mouse!"
The father switched on the television.
"Terrific!"
When I spoke to him in china, the Tragopan said,
I don't wanna niggle, but I think I'll soon be dead.
If they chop down the trees I'll have nowhere to hide,
Along will come a hunter and he'll take me by surprise.
Let's sing a song for the Tragopan,
The pheasant who can't live without ease.
Don't let them chop down the trees that he'll need,
The tragopan can't live without leaves.
Last seen in China, the Tragopan said,
How would you feel if they took away your bed,
Closed up your garage and pulled out the phone,
Took away the deep freeze and left you all alone?
Let's sing a song for the Tragopan,
The pheasant who can't live without ease.
Don't let them chop down the trees that he'll need,
The Tragopan can't live without leaves.
Let's sing a song for the Tragopan,
The pheasant who can't live without ease.
Don't let them chop down the trees that he'll need,
The Tragopan can't live without leaves.
Don't let them chop down the trees that he'll need,
The Tragopan can't live without leaves.
Don't let them chop down the trees that he'll need,
The Tragopan can't live without leaves.
As he sang his song, he pretended the Jollies were with him, playing his music.
Scouse's Dream Roger BrownI sit and watch while others sing and dance,
But I know some day I will have my chance.
I'm down today, it's true,
My chances have been few,
But I'm not discouraged 'cause I know what I can do.
I may be a tiny mouse and in a cage,
But I know I belong upon the stage.
And some day I will be
A personality
And then the one I'm watching on the TV will be me.
Now people tend to treat a mouse
With simple conversations,
But I am like no mouse you've ever seen.
So if you think of me that way,
Then maybe I should mention,
I'm scouse the mouse and I have got a dream.
Ooh!
So look out, world, 'cause here I come,
If you want someone special, I'm the one.
Although I may be small,
It doesn't bother me at all,
'Cause I know in my heart that some day I'll be ten feet tall.
Christmas came.
On Christmas morning the boy ran in, chewing a mince pie.
"Here you are, mister Scouse, it's a christmas present for you." It was a tiny rope ladder.
"See if you can run up that!" the boy turned his back. the boy had left the door open!
Scouse sees the rope ladder and swung like Tarzan out into space.
"Hey! come back!"
There was a tiny hole in the wall. Scouse disappeared. Through the mousehole he could see his beloved telly. He felt something. Looked. A brown mouse was staring at him.
"Hello, Whitie!" said the brown mouse. in animo, of course.
"What? who's that? who are you?"
"I'm a mouse. I live here. I was watching you doing all those funny noises."
"That's speaking! that's English! I learnt it from the telly. I could teach you English. oh, sorry, I forgot, I leave tonight."
"Where you going?"
"Into the world! the world needs me! Why don't you join me, we could be a group?"
"I'll think about it."
"What's your name?"
"Bonce, because I've got a big head. My father called me that. he was a London mouse."
All that day, Scouse and Bonce watched through their peephole. People laughed and children played. The smell of the Christmas dinner. The mice were very hungry.
The Jollies were on the television. Bonce and Scouse watched.
Snow Up Your Nose For Christmas Donald Pleasence and Meira PleasenceSnow up your nose for Christmas,
Ice on your paws and your claws.
Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling, learn to sing,
An animal's Christmas fit for a king.
Ding-ding-ding-a-ling-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling.
Ding-ding-ding-a-ling-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling.
It's not the best day of the year
For a duck or a goose or a deer.
Little chicks can get killed,
Father geese, I am told,
Hate the sight of the snow
And the rich Christmas chill.
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling...
Dialog:"Who's the girl?"
"Polly Jolly!"
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling.
Snow up your nose for Christmas,
Snow for a fat Santa Claus.
There is snow up your nose,
There is ice on his toes,
People gets presents wherever he goes.
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling.
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling,
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling.
Snow up your nose, wind on your face,
Snow up your nose on the whole human race.
"I'm out! come on, Bonce, food!"
They ate Christmas cake, mints pies, cheese.
"Can't we pull one?"
"A cracker?"
"Well, they're all asleep, listen!"
The two mice pulled, the cracker parted with a bang. there was silence above them. Quiet as chocolate mice. the mice listened.
"Let's see what's inside."
"Little bag!"
"British Airways! just the thing for our survival kit."
He filled the toy bag with cheese and cake and jumped to the floor.
"We're away!"
Bonce nosed his way through the front door like an electric drill.
"After you, Scouse."
Scouse put his nose into the outside world.
"Oh, oh, it's, it's, it's cold out there! and there's white stuff, snow, I think."
"Oh, Scouse, I think I'll stay home."
"You call this home? Listen, you can always join me. Watch the telly. I'll be there."
"How?"
"I'll be famous! famous people are always on the telly."
"Well, good luck then. bye."
"Eh... right!"
He went. Scouse the Mouse was free.
I don't know how long I'll last,
But I've gotta get movin' and movin' fast.
I gotta break through to the other side,
I've got to run, I've got to fly.
Free, free, running free,
That's the way I was meant to be.
Free, free, running free,
Freedom looks pretty good to me.
Now i'm in a hurry and I can't stand still,
If I don't go now, you know, I never will.
I wanna be foot loose and free to roam,
I wanna call the whole wide world my home.
Free, free, running free,
That's the way I was meant to be.
Free, free, running free,
Freedom looks pretty good to me.
Living in a cage never really was my style.
Now I've got the chance, I'm a-runnin' every mile.
(Meow - meow - meow - meow - meow)
(Meow - meow - meow - meow)
I've got a plan, I've been waiting for the day
When I can get the chance to make my get away.
All I ever needed was an open door,
And now I'm gonna be away and that's for sure.
Free, free, running free,
That's the way I was meant to be.
Free, free, running free,
Freedom looks pretty good to me.
"A ship! look at... lit up like a Christmas tree! What's that writing on the side?
The Queen ell... the Q.E.2!"
Scouse the mouse leapt onto the ship. sailors were pulling in the gang-plank.
"Next stop, New York!"
"America! A mouse's dream!"
Scouse seemed to hear the voice of his new cockney mouse friend, Bonce, singing to him, in animo.
America (A Mouse's Dream) Roger BrownIf you're gonna be famous,
I know just where you should be.
Steppin' out on a stage somewhere
In the land of opportunity.
And if you're gonna be big time,
Bigger than any mouse short size.
You ought to be in America
And I am gonna tell you why.
In America you can steal the hearts,
See sights that's yet unseen.
They'll make you famous overnight
In America, a mouse's dream.
Me father learned a lot in London,
And one day he told me, "Son,
If you wanna know where the stars are born,
Well, I, I can tell you where it's done."
Now I'm simply ordinary,
So I may be where I may be.
But there's just one place in the whole wide world
I know for a mouse like you to be.
And that's America where you will find
The grass of greener green.
The fine you'll find is super fine
In America, a mouse's dream.
Just imagine New York City,
Just imagine old Broadway.
Don't you wish that you were there right now?
Don't you wish that you were on your way?
To america where the streets are of gold,
Although I've never been
I'm sure it's true, 'cause i've been told,
America's a mouse's dream.
"That was a narrow squeak!"
In a large bed, covered by a silk quilt, propped up against satin pillows, surrounded by crayons and pieces of paper, dolls, stuffed animals, sat a small girl.
"Oh, good! you can talk!"
"Doesn't it surprise you?"
"No, all the animals in my dreams speak."
"I'm not a dream, I'm Scouse the mouse. I'm going to be famous! I can talk, I can sing, I learnt it from the telly."
"You're a dream! You're a dream! You're a dream!"
Scousey Roger BrownScousey, you're like a dream to me,
But who knows if you should turn out to be
As real as real can be.
Scousey, your nose, your laughing eyes,
Your charming little smile, oh, it's no surprise,
I loved you at first sight.
Now I believe, I never seen a mouse
More lovely than you.
And even if I do, he'll reminds me of you.
Scousey, I'll always remember when
I met you, it seems like I knew then
That you were going to be my friend.
Now I believe, I never seen a mouse
More lovely than you.
And even if I do, he'll reminds me of you.
Scousey, you're like a dream to me,
But if you're real, just as real can be,
Well, I'm so glad because I love you Scousey,
Wo, wo, wo, Scousey,
Wo, wo, wo, Scousey,
Wo, wo, wo, Scousey.
"Well, I... er... wouldn't mind trying something on. You know, no obligation to buy."
"Take your choice."
"Eh... oh... er... well, I, I rather like this yellow blazer and... and... and these trousers, these, these trousers are rather nice, Oh, I'll just slip them on then."
"Well, we're going on a boat ride. Well, we're going on a boat ride..."
"That's the..."
"The Jollies!"
"but you didn't understand, I know the Jollies!"
"Ev'ryone knows the Jollies!"
The door to the cabin opened and one by one the Jollies came into the room. Holly smiled at her family. "May I present mister Scouse! sing, Scouse!"
"Oh, okay then, here it goes."
Boat Ride Roger BrownThere is nothing like a boat ride,
There is nothing like a boat ride,
There is nothing like a float on a boat ride.
"Ha! ha! ha! ha! this is preposterous! where's my flute?"
Wind is blowing on the water so blue,
The seagulls are calling and the sun shines through.
There is nothing I would rather do
Than to go on a boat ride.
I want to sail away to far away lands
Where the sun shines down on golden sands.
Oh my, but isn't it grand to go on a boat ride?
There is nothing like a boat ride,
There is nothing like a boat ride,
There is nothing like a float on a boat ride.
Oh, I hope for a life on the ocean waves,
Even if I have to stole away.
I know what I will do today,
I will go on a boat ride. (toot! toot!)
There is nothing like a boat ride,
(Nothing like a boat ride)
There is nothing like a boat ride,
(Nothing like a boat ride)
There is nothing like a float on a boat ride.
Dialog:"Oh, isn't he cute? I just love the claws!"
"Thank you, mam."
"It's really true, he speaks!"
"I didn't know he was American."
"A mouse like me belongs to the world!"
The captain of the Q.E.2.: "Splice me whiskers! a talking mouse!"
"He sings too, Captain."
"Amazing! why don't we ask Scouse to do a number at the ship's concert?"
"Is that your cat, Captain?"
"That's the ship's cat. his name is Geoffrey."
"I know, we've been talking."
"Talking?"
"In animo, eh... animal language. I'd like to ask him to this concert."
"Yes."
The ship's concert and the Jollies in full swing.
Scouse The Mouse Roger BrownOh, thank you, ev'rybody, we're glad you've made the show,
"Good evening.
We've got someone that we think you ought to know.
He's the greatest sensation from coast to coast,
For your direction, here's the mouse with the most.
It's Scouse, the mouse,
No ordinary, he's an extraordinary mouse.
It's Scouse, the mouse,
Bet you never seen a mouse like Scouse in your house."
Hello, ev'rybody, have a listen to my song,
If it's not too short, I hope it's not too long.
I feel real cute in my brand new suite,
But I'd feel even better if you sang along.
'Cause I'm Scouse, (that's Scouse!)
The mouse, (he's the greatest!)
No ordinary, I'm an extra ordinary mouse. (yeah!)
And I'm Scouse, (that's Scouse!)
The mouse, (what a mouse!)
I'll bet you've never seen a mouse like Scouse in your house.
Now I had a home in Liverpool,
But one day I knew what I had to do;
I escaped from my cage to be a star on the stage,
Now I'm happy as can be to sing my song for you.
'Cause I'm Scouse, (that's Scouse!)
The mouse, (he's terrific!)
No ordinary, I'm an extraordinary mouse. (yeah!)
And I'm Scouse, (that's Scouse!)
The mouse, (check that mouse!)
Did you ever see a mouse like Scouse in your house?
(Scouse, the mouse) now, take it, boys! (oo-oo-oo-ah)
(Scouse, the mouse, oo-oo-oo)
So here's a little something that's sure to please,
If you're feeling sad and blue, well, I'm the mouse to see.
If you wanna have fun, it's easily done,
Just open your mouth and sing my song with me.
'Cause I'm scouse, the mouse,
No ordinary, I'm an extra ordinary mouse.
And I'm Scouse, the mouse,
Did you ever see a mouse like Scouse in your house?
Well, I'm Scouse, (that's scouse!)
The mouse, (the one and only!)
No ordinary, I'm an extraordinary mouse. (yeah!)
And I'm Scouse, (that's Scouse!)
The mouse, (the mouse!)
I'll bet you've never seen a mouse like Scouse in your house. (yeah!)
Yeah!
Dialog:[Not Available]
Polly Jolly:
I Know A Place Roger Brown, Ruan O'Lochlainn and Donald PleasenceI know a place that's wild but safe,
Where oak trees grow with pine.
Where the Big Bad Wolf meets Red Riding Hood
And they laugh and get along just fine.
And when I think of you and think of me,
I wonder who's you a which is me.
When the clock strikes twelve,
Will it be safe for me?
I know a place in the us of a,
Where the Statue of Liberty stands tall.
Where a fat pussy cat and a little white mouse
Waltz happy at a ball.
And when I think of you and think of me,
I wonder who's you a which is me.
Will the fat pussy cat eat this little white mouse for tea?
Don't eat me, let's be friends,
Don't eat me, let's be friends,
Don't eat me, let's be friends,
Don't eat me, let's be friends.
Snow up your nose for Christmas...
Dialog:"I can see what you mean."
"I hope you would."
"Look here, we've got a little place, we call it 'the discateque.' How about a drink and a dance and some conversation?"
"Why not?"
"I will come scratching on your cabin door."
Soon after midnight, scouse heard a gentle scratch and faint meow. Geoffrey was waiting outside.
"What's that you've got there?"
"British Airways bag. a few presents for the cats."
"Come on!"
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see."
Along the main corridor and down three flights of steps, to a little trap door which swung in each direction. a little door marked "danger! inspection trap!".
"Through here."
Scouse felt himself falling through space. He landed with a bump.
"You, you might had killed me!"
"Suppose so. Know where we are?"
"No?"
"Inspection shaft. we're above the ocean here."
"It's cold and damp! is, is this the discateque?"
"Yes, it's a good floor for dancing."
"Where, where are the cats?"
Meow! meow! meow!... (cat noises)
"Let's have some light! There's a moon! heave-ho! my hearty!"
A small port hole was opened. Scouse could smell the sea.
"We're going to have a dance now and after that we'll sentence you!"
"Oh, what for?"
"Pretending to be a human being. Engage, chaps! the dance is on."
"There's no music?"
"We make the music. ever heard of a caterwaul?"
Caterwaul Jim Parker(Instrumental)
Dialog:Twelve paws lifted Scouse from the floor. He flew out the porthole like a well kicked football. Sitting on his British Airways bag, he rode the waves like a roller-coaster.
"Oh, oh, I'll drown! I could try S.O.S. I suppose."
S.O.S. Roger BrownNight is fallen and the cold wind moans,
I have never felt so far from home,
I am cast away and left alone.
The stars above me seem so far away,
If there is morning, will I see the day?
Won't someone come and carry me away?
S.O.S., S.O.S.,
S.O.S., S.O.S.
"Ah, you've got a problem?"
He spoke animo with a Brooklyn accent.
"I've just got pawed off the ship!"
"I know, I've seen it. you came out of there like a bullet! I'm Louey, the gull. I run this town! let's get you back on the ship."
"You really can? My group's there, you see."
"Group? a bloodgroup? are you wounded or something?"
"No, I'm an international star."
"You look like a mouse to me."
Louey took the straps of the British Airways bag in his beak a lifted off like a jumbo.
Ask Louey Roger BrownLouey, I'm Louey, flying my own private jet.
Like I've got wings that brings me
In touch with the fancy jet set.
I'm Louey, big Louey,
If you think that I'm not the big boss,
Then Louey, big Louey,
Will explain you're on the wrong course.
If you're in trouble and in need in help,
You don't need to call no one else.
If you plan to
Ask Louey, Louey, but nowhere to find where it's at.
Ask Louey, Big Louey,
'Cause if you don't you'll never get fat.
Don't play with fire,
Don't rouse my ire, can ya dig?
I'm mister big, I'm mister big.
I'm Louey, big Louey,
I'll tell you where the pickers have hid.
Just Louey, big Louey,
The greatest since the sunny dance kid.
I'm Louey, big Louey,
I know that you think I'm a real gull.
But I'm better, much better,
The truth is I'm Louey, the seagull.
Don't play with fire,
Don't rouse my ire, you dig?
I'm mister big.
I'm mister big, I'm the big one.
You've gotta talk to me.
This is my place!
You're talking to the big one.
I'm the big one.
Oh, oh, oh, oh...
Louey landed delicately.
"Look out, folks! here's Scousey!"
"Scousey! where have you been?"
"Early morning dip. the water's not too bad. New York! look at it! dirty and big and beautiful and it's all mine!"
A Mouse Like Me Ruan O'LochlainnNow you can count on me,
I'll be there you see,
On the stage of the Carnegie Hall.
When the house lights go down,
That's when I'll come on,
'Cause I'm a mouse and I'm really quite small.
'Cause a mouse like me belongs to the world,
And the world is a great place to be.
And a mouse like me just sings for the world
That goes round and round for free.
You can count on me,
I'll be there you'll see,
I'll be there when you need a friend.
When you're feeling down,
That's when I'll be your clown,
And we'll sing our songs to the end.
'Cause a mouse like me belongs to the world,
And the world is a great place to be.
And a mouse like me just sings for the world
That goes round and round for free.
A mouse like me belongs to the world,
And the world is a great place to be.
And a mouse like me just sings for the world
That goes round and round for free.
A mouse like me belongs to the world,
And the world is a great place to be.
And a mouse like me just sings for the world
That goes round and round for free.
A mouse like me belongs to the world,
And the world is a great place to be.
And a mouse like me just sings for the world
That goes round and round for free.