Phoozy Bear - Mike Mulligan Lyrics

I knew a man, yeah a working man
Whose work could become such a thrill
Then nobody would ever pay him anymore
Went out east to Popperville

M-I-K-E M-U-L-L-I-G-A-N, here comes old Mike Mulligan, shoveling
All those canals all those railroads all those highways all those airports, and all them big cities
Won't ever see him again

He came on down and began to dig a cellar
To be used in the new town hall
And everyone, especially Henry
Believed he couldn't do it at all
But

Mike and Mary began their work at sunrise, when a little boy came up to them and asked them what they were doing. Mike told him they were working on finishing the entire cellar in one day. And that boy ran around the entire neighborhood telling absolutely everybody what was happening at the center of Popperville. Everybody! The town constable! The milkman! The telegraph boy! And eventually somebody told the girl with the telephone and she called all of Bangerville and Bopperville and Kipperville and Kopperville and told them all what was happening in Popperville. Mike and Mary began to hurry. they kept on digging and digging and digging and digging until...

M-I-K-E M-U-L-L-I-G-A-N, here comes old Mike Mulligan, shoveling
All those canals all those railroads all those highways all those airports, and all them big cities
Won't ever see him again

M-I-K-E M-U-L-L-I-G-A-N, here comes old Mike Mulligan, relaxing
Now he works as the old town hall's janitor while Mary keeps it boiling
For all the meetings to begin

Three, two, one, zero