Pied Piper

"Pied Piper"

Once upon a time, there was a town made of toys

That had lost all its color and lost all its joy

There weren't enough dollhouses, the trains would not run

And the teddy bear mayor had banned having fun

Not a laugh could be heard in the chocolate box streets

For the mayor had taken all the other toys' sweets

He just sat in his castle with ten soldiers on guard

While the people of Toyville spent their days working hard

Then one rainy day, all their troubles increased

As hundreds of rats started flooding the streets

The people of Toyville could stand it no more

So they angrily marched to the mayor's front door

"Mr. Mayor," said a toy, "We're really annoyed

We're hungry and freezing and overworked toys

Now the town's full of rats, the small dirty rascals

And you sit around all warm in your castle"

"My friends," lied the mayor, "You think I don't care?

It's no fault of mine, I'm an honorable bear

Times may be hard, but the tables are turning

Leave it with me, I'll deal with these vermin"

So the teddy bear mayor sent his soldiers to town

To herd the rats to the river and leave them to drown

But when the next day, the toys opened their doors

The hundreds of rats had swam back to shore

The teddy bear mayor was at quite a loss

And the people of Toyville were getting more cross

And just as the mayor was starting to fume

A man in bright colors danced into his room

"My name's the Pied Piper," he said once inside

"And news of your troubles has spread far and wide

There's no creature alive not moved by my songs

Just pay me a penny, and the rats will be gone"

"A penny?" Laughed the mayor, "We'll see how you do

Get rid of the rats and I'll pay you too"

"Double?" Said the piper, "Is that what I heard?"

"Of course," lied the mayor, "I'm a bear of my word"

So the Pied Piper left and went out to the street

Where the hundreds of rats swarmed over his feet

Then he lifted his pipe and played such a sweet song