There Are No Cats in America | An American Tail

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I can tell we got an awful lot in common
PAPA MOUSEKEWITZ: 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
Oy vey.
But!
MICE: 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 SINGER MOUSE: Ma la cosa terribile che esiste nella patria mia. If you think things were bad in Russia,
you should see things in my country!

[singing]: 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
Poor mamma mia!
But!
MICE: 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 SINGER MOUSE: Surely, 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
Is where it turra-lurra lies
MICE: Oh.
IRISH SINGER MOUSE: But!
MICE: But there are no cats in America
And the streets are paved with cheese
But there are no cats in America
There are no cats in America
That's why
We sail
These seas.