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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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