Happy New Year!

The band had travelled most of the day.

Off to Hamish and Hogmanay.

All of them in their party best.

Neatly groomed and smartly dressed.

‘We’re here!’ they cried and off they got,

And into the castle like a shot.

The ballroom was decorated wall to wall,

With balloons and streamers in the hall.

‘Yon mice!’ Said Hamish. ‘Here at last.

My, my the time. It does go fast.

We’re almost set. We start at eight.

I can relax now I know you won’t be late.’

‘Who’s that,’ asked Bongo. ‘Over there,’

And pointed to the corner where

Three mice were trying a little dance.

‘Come meet the singers. They’re from France.

Meet Chu, Chim, Choww, the Cheesette girls,’

With glasses, earrings, and with pearls,

They said  ‘I’m Chim.’  ‘I’m Choww.’ ‘I’m Chu.’

‘We’re the Cheesettes. Who are you?’

‘Meet my friends.  The Bongo Mouse band.

They’ve travelled up to lend a hand.

They’re your backing group tonight.

I know them well. They’ll get it right.’

The band and girls then planned the songs

So nothing that night would go wrong.

At eight o clock sharp, guests appeared.

Scriffy took their tickets and steered

Them in the ballroom to their table,

Where every mouse guest then was able

To sit and drink, enjoy a meal,

While they listened to the jolly reel

Played by the band and the Cheesettes.

They’d arranged the music in to sets

And in between the guests played games,

Like mouse piñata, and guessing names.

As midnight started to draw near,

The dance floor slowly started to clear

And Hamish appeared with big long swords,

And laid them out on the big floorboards

Neatly in a criss cross shape.

The band just stood and looked. Agape.

‘Oh Hamish please be careful.’ said Choww.

‘No need to fret. I’ll show you now.’

In walked a mouse in kilt and sporran.

‘Please meet my dancing cousin. Wilt.

Best sword dancer in all the land.’

And Hamish took his pipes in hand

And started to play a Highland fling

While Wilt danced round him in a ring.

Then he danced between each blade

His feet and balance perfectly weighed

As he did a Scottish Sword dance

Which left the mice quite in a trance.

When he finished they cheered and clapped

Until Scriffy got a hammer and tapped

On the table ‘Please one and all,

Join hands in the middle of the hall.

It’s only a few more minutes to go

That’s it. All join hands in a row.’

Everyone counted down out loud,

And midnight came and all the crowd

Shouted out  ‘A Happy new year!’

And gave a great big New Year cheer.

Hamish piped up Auld Lang Syne

As the mice joined hands all in a line,

All singing loud to greet the year

As Sachmo thought ‘What’s that I hear?’

From the lake he heard a roar,

And through the window then he saw

Daisy dancing down in the lake.

He hoped the band might get a break

To see if her mouth had healed ok.

But the band had come up here to play.

Hamish called for silence then

And went to the door on the count of ten.

Monty came through with a lump of coal

He cleared his throat. ‘To every soul

Here tonight, I wish you luck and good cheer

For tonight and for the coming year.’

The guests all cheered, and started dancing

Lots of jigs, and reels and prancing.

The band played on and the party went late.

Oh what a way to celebrate.

The Cheesettes all kept on singing,

The band played on, with Hamish bringing

Punch, and haggis for them to eat,

And ginger cake for something sweet.

The guests eventually left the do.

‘Oh what a wonderful night,’ said Chu

‘I’ve made so many new friends here,’

Said Chim. ‘A good start to the year.

And seeing everyone have such fun.’

As they all looked out at the rising sun.

‘I hope we’ll meet again,’ said Choww

‘Can we get to France somehow?’

Asked Twangy. ‘Well the best way there

Is to go underwater if we dare.’

Said Monty as the mice looked round.

‘There’s a tunnel running underground

That will take us all the way.’

‘We can get there. Oh hooray!’

The band and Cheesettes said farewell

And on the bus they quickly fell.

As the bus drove off the mice could see,

Peeking over a great big tree,

Daisy watching with a grin,

And neatly tied up under her chin,

Sachmo’s hat was fastened tight.

She really was a funny sight.

The band all waved and gave a cheer,

And wish you a Happy Bongo New Year.