The King, The Mice and the Cheese – by Nancy Gurney

The story starts out with a king who loves cheese.  His cheese makers make cheese so good that everyone can smell the yummy cheese.  A mouse smelled the cheese and told all his mouse friends to come check it out.  Soon there are hundreds of mice living in the castle.  That’s where this song comes in:

The king wants to get rid of the mice so he meets with his wise men and they decide the best way to get rid of the mice is to bring in a bunch of cats.  That’s where this song comes in:

Unfortunately, now there are hundreds of cats living in the castle.  Then you sing the mice song, swapping “cats” for “mice”.  The story goes on and on.  The kids love trying to predict what animal will be called in next.

If you would like to use these songs with your music class, you can download the sheet music for free on Teachers Pay Teachers: The King, The Mice and The Cheese.