What! No Mickey Mouse?

"What! No Mickey Mouse (What Kind of a Party is This?)" was a 1932 song about Mickey Mouse composed by Irving Caesar. The titular exclamation was based on a popular catchphrase of the time, which was spoken my moviegoers who were disappointed that a Mickey cartoon wasn't on a theater's program.

A popular recording was created in 1932 by bandleader Ben Bernie. In 1970, Buena Vista Records released a single of the song performed by Phil Harris, with "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" on the B-side.

Lyrics
When Noah planned his famous ark, he knew just what to do He searched until he found a park and walked off with the zoo With lions, tigers, monkeys, donkeys, he sailed the ocean wide And when he lined them up on deck, twas then some cuckoo cried:

What! No Mickey Mouse? What kind of a party is this?

Your lions roar, your tigers snore, I've heard them roar and snore before I don't see why you make a fuss about the hippopotamus Your dogs bow-wow, your cats meow, I know that you can milk a cow But Mickey makes me laugh, and how? And I want Mickey now!

So, where's that tricky mouse? That slicky, wacky, wicky, Bolshevik-y Mickey Mouse

Vote for Mickey Mouse! Let's make him our next President!

To Congress he is sure to say: "Meow, meow, okay, okay, Ja, ja, yes, yes, si, si, oui, oui, how dry I am, have one on me," And then he'll cry, "Give me the facts, give me my axe, I'll cut your tax" He'll show us all what can be done when he's in Washington

So, let's give the White House To slicky, wacky, wicky, Bolshevik-y Mickey Mouse

Trivia

 * In the 1970 cover, the word "Bolshevik-y" was changed to "tacky, tricky". Also, the line "So, let's give the White House" was changed to "So, let's give Nixon's house".