IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN

DID YOU EVER HEAR OF MICKEY,
HOW HE HEARD A RACKET IN THE NIGHT AND SHOUTED
QUIET DOWN THERE!
AND FEEL THROUGH THE DARK PAST THE MOON & HIS MAMA & PAPA
SLEEPING TIGHT
INTO THE LIGHT OF THE NIGHT KITCHEN ?
WHERE THE BAKERS WHO BAKE TILL THE
DAWN SO WE CAN HAVE CAKE IN THE MORN
MIXED MICKEY IN BATTER,CHANTING :
MILK IN THE BATTER! MILK IN THE BATTER!
STIR IT! SCRAPE IT! MAKE IT! BAKE IT!
AND THEY PUT THAT BATTER UP TO BAKE A DELICIOUS MICKEY-CAKE.
BUT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF STEAMING
AND THE SMELLING AND THE BAKING
MICKEY POKED THROUGH AND SAID :
I'M NOT THE MILK AND THE MILK'S NOT ME!
I'M MICKEY!
SO HE SKIPPED FROM THE OVEN & INTO BREAD DOUGH
ALL READY TO RISE IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN.
HE KNEADED AND PUNCHED IT
AND POUNDED AND PULLED
TILL IT LOOKED OKAY.
THEN MICKEY IN DOUGH WAS JUST ON HIS WAY
WHEN THE BAKERS RAN UP
WITH A MEASURING CUP,HOWLING :
MILK! MILK! MILK FOR THE MORNING CAKE!
WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS? I'M MICKEY THE PILOT!
I GET MILK THE MICKEY WAY!
AND HE GRABBED THE CUP AS HE FLEW UP
AND UP AND UP
AND OVER THE TOP OF THE MILKY WAY IN THE KITCHEN.
MICKEY THE MILKMAN DIVED DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
SINGING :
I'M IN THE MILK AND MILK'S IN ME.
GOD BLESS MILK AND GOD BLESS ME!
THEN HE SWAM TO THE TOP, POURING MILK
FROM HIS CUP INTO BATTER BELOW-
SO THE BAKERS THEY MIXED IT
AND BEAT IT AND BAKED IT.
MILK IN THE BATTER! MILK IN THE BATTER!
WE BAKE CAKE!
AND NOTHING'S THE MATTER!
NOW MICKEY IN THE KITCHEN CRIED
COCK a DOODLE DOO!
AND SLID DOWN THE SIDE
STRAIGHT INTO BED
CAKEFREE AND DRIED.
AND THST'S WHY,THANKS TO MICKEY
WE HAVE CAKE EVERY MORNING