Quartermaster's Store

There are rats, rats, as big as alley cats
In the stores, in the stores
There are rats, rats, as big as alley cats
In the Quartermaster's store

My eyes are dim, I can not see
I have not brought my specks with me
I have not brought my specks with me

Mice . . . running through the rice
Snakes . . . as big as garden rakes
Beans . . . as big as submarines
Gravy . . . enough to float the navy
Cakes . . . that give us tummy aches
Eggs . . . with scaly chicken legs
Butter . . . running in the gutter
Lard . . . they sell it by the yard
Bread . . . with great big lumps like lead
Cheese . . . that makes you want to sneeze
Soot . . . they grow it by the foot
Goats . . . eating all the oats
Bees . . . with little knobby knees
Owls . . . shredding paper towels
Apes . . . eating all the grapes
Turtles . . . wearing rubber girdles
Bear . . . with curlers in its hair
Buffalos . . . with hair between their toes
Foxes . . . stuffed in little boxes
Coke . . . enough to make you choke
Pepsi . . . that gives you apoplexy
Roaches . . . sleeping in the coaches
Flies . . . swarming 'round the pies
Fishes . . . washing all the dishes
Moths . . . eating through the cloths
Scouts . . . eating brussel sprouts
Leaders . . . slapping at the skeeters

...and anything else you can think of!
We often try and do a verse about everyone round the fire - which can be a bit of a challenge!


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