Fuddland

We used to sing a song during music lessons at primary school whose first few lines went something like:

I’m alone in the house,
Except for the mouse,
Whose hole is under the stairs.

All the sounds that I hear,
Something something fear,
Something something something there.

I can’t find any references to this song with Google — but I’m fairly certain I didn’t just make it up. It’s almost on a par with Desree’s Life in its “four cans of Stella and a rhyming dictionary” approach to lyrics:

I’m afraid of the dark,
Especially when I’m in the park,
When there’s no one else around,
Oh I get the shivers.
I don’t wanna see a ghost,
It’s the sight that I fear most,
I’d rather have a piece of toast,
Watch the evening news.

Anyway, this is all leading to the news that, since my housemate has just left for Canada for six weeks work out there [lucky devil], I shall be all alone in this big house for a month and a half. No mice though, just some fish in a tank.

I’m alone in the house,
Except for the fish,
Who swim about in the tank.

All the sounds that I hear,
Are of me drinking beer,
I think it’s time for another w —

Anyone want to visit me?

The following is an entry which follows on from the above:

1. Groced out [Fuddland]. Excerpt: What with my housemate being away for a while, and me not being allowed to drive her car because of some silly licensing laws, I decided to do my grocery shopping online. Despite their website still not admitting that Opera...

#1

David | 2004 / 01 / 22 – 21:41

That’s “another walk”, by the way.

I don’t have a rhyming dictionary. Nor any Stella.

#2

richard | 2004 / 01 / 22 – 22:04

I have a rhyming dictionary and walk doesn’t appear to rhyme with bank (according to the book). You could have had: spank, crank, prank, swank, hanky-pank or yank.

#3

David | 2004 / 01 / 22 – 22:12

Re #2: And after I’ve had all those, can I have a nice lie down?

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