Scouse the Mouse

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Scouse the Mouse
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released	December 9, 1977
Genre	50:51
Label	Polydor (UK)
Producer	Hugh Murphy
Ringo Starr chronology
'Ringo the 4th (1977) Scouse the Mouse (1977) Bad Boy (1978)

Scouse the Mouse is a children's album, released in Great Britain in 1977, that featured the vocals of Ringo Starr and others. Starr appears as the album's main character, Scouse the Mouse, who emigrates from Liverpool to the United States. Other characters are played by Adam Faith(“Bonce the Mouse”) and Barbara Dickson(“Molly Jolly”). The album was written and directed by Donald Pleasence. Most of the songs performed on the album were composed by Roger Brown.

The album, which was the third and final release in Starr’s three-album deal with Polydor Records, was not issued in the United States. As of November 2007, it has not been released on compact disc.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Living in the Pet Shop" (Roger Brown) – 4:03
   • Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
2. "Sing a Song for the Tragopan" (Roger Brown/Donald Pleasence) – 3:16
   • Lead vocals: Barbara Dickson
3. "Scouse’s Dream" (Roger Brown) – 3:38
   • Lead vocals” Ringo Starr
4. "Snow Up Your Nose for Christmas" (Meira Pleasence/Donald Pleasence) – 3:47
   • Lead vocals: Ben Chatterly
5. "Running Free" (Roger Brown) – 3:21
   • Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
6. "America (A Mouse’s Dream)" (Roger Brown) – 3:40
   • Lead vocals: Adam Faith
7. "Scousey" (Roger Brown) – 3:25
   • Lead vocals: Lucy Brown
8. "Boat Ride" (Roger Brown) – 3:56
   • Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
9. "Scouse the Mouse" (Roger Brown) – 2:50
   • Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
10. "Passenger Pigeon" (Roger Brown/Donald Pleasence) – 1:25
    • Lead vocals: Barbara Dickson
11. "I Know a Place" (Roger Brown/Ruan O’Lachlainn/Donald Pleasence) – 4:25
    • Lead vocals: Polly Pleasence
12. "Caterwaul" (Jim Parker) – 2:04
    • Instrumental
13. "S.O.S." (Roger Brown) – 2:42
    • Lead vocals: Ringo Starr
14. "Ask Louey" (Roger Brown/Donald Pleasence) – 3:57
    • Lead vocals: Rick Jones
15. "A Mouse Like Me" (Ruan O’Lochlainn) – 4:22
    • Lead vocals: Ringo Starr

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