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 Our family was traveling

Through the snow to Minsk

Suddenly Papa

Saw those huge paw prints

 When I heard him screaming

 I fainted dead away

And I woke up an orphan

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Oy vey

But...

ALL:

But!

 But there are no cats in America

 And the streets are paved with cheese

 Oh there are no cats in America

 So set your mind at ease

ITALIAN MOUSE:

Ma la cosa terrible

Que esiste in la patria mia

If you think things were bad in Russia

You should see things in my country:

 The times were hard in Sicily

 We had no provolone

 The Don he was a tabby

 With a taste for my brother Tony

 When Mama went to plead for him

 The Don said he would see her

 We found her rosary on the ground

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Poor Mama mia

But...

ALL:

 But there are no cats in America

 And the streets are paved with cheese

 Oh there are no cats in America

 So set your mind at ease

IRISH MOUSE:

Sure that’s sad, but sadder still...

 When I was but a lad

 I lost my true love fair

 A calico, he caught us by surprise

 In a flash of teeth and fur

 Her tail was all he left of her

 'Neath the heather

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Is where it tirra-lirra lies

But...

ALL:

 But there are no cats in America

 And the streets are paved with cheese

 Oh there are no cats in America

 And the streets are paved with cheese

 But there are no cats in America

 And the streets are paved with cheese

 But there are no cats in America

 That is why, we sail, these seas

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