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The Woman Who Was Also A Mongoose

Dead Milkmen

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: Action Benny [skaboi@cyberhighway.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 4:04 PM song:THE WOMAN WHO WAS ALSO A MONGOOSE Artist: By The Dead Milkmen! Source: from Not Richard, but Dick Transcribbed by Benny and April INTRO: 3 progressions of D Bm G D She was once an attraction at the county fair and now she sleeps in a box at the top of the stairs and she loves it here make no mistake cause she can earn her keep by chasin snakes And if I wake up late at night i know that everything will be alright, cause crawling round on my room is the woman who was also a mongoose A (D Bm G D)x4 She was born in May ninety years ago In a little town outside Buffalo but the town folk feared her and they chased her away and now she's happy with a place to stay And if I wake up late at night i know that everything will be alright, cause crawling round on my room is the woman who was also a mongoose (D Bm G D)x4 She trapped a rattler out behind the barn and she let it go without any harm then she came inside for a cup of tea and she spoke for a while with my brother and me chasing after feild mice running through the high grass thats what she loves to do and if she's happy as a mongoose, shouldn't bother me or you And if I wake up late at night i know that everything will be alright, cause crawling round on my room is the woman who was also a mongoose (D Bm G D) x2 A D Any comments or questions send them to skaboi@cyberhighway.net or nekmo@hotmail.com (dhicks@erie.net no longer exists..i moved)
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