I SMELL A RAT 
(AND OTHER FAVOURITE ANIMAL SONGS)

What a collection! Twelve unique songs that range from the cute (Ernie the rabbit, Queenie the mouse) to the humourous (Bruce the Moose, Jolly Roger the guinea pig) to the unusual Silverfish, I smell a rat) to the magical (Tadpole, Mirkwood Spiders) to the unclassifiable (Frog Prince, A porpoise with a purpose). 

TRACKS:

Jolly Roger Bruce the Moose Queenie Frog Prince Silverfish Mirkwood Spiders

Snakebite A porpoise with a purpose I smell a rat Tadpole Down at the zoo Ernie

All words and music by Arif Usmani

This is a compilation album.

Jolly Roger is the only track you won’t find elsewhere and, believe it or not, it’s sung by a woman! (Madeline the Pirate)

CREDITS FOR “I smell a rat”

CREDITS FOR “I smell a rat”

Digital re-mastering: Steve Garden (Garden Shed Studio)

Cover: Lynn Usmani

Jolly Roger recorded in Lily’s Room

Unless otherwise stated, guitars and bass on all tracks by Auntie Clockwise

Keyboards: Auntie Uncle

1.   Jolly Roger – vocals: Madeline the Pirate; violin: Auntie Vi

2.   Bruce the Moose (from My Daddy goes woof, woof, woof!) vocal: Auntie Uncle; guitar:Ross 

                Hill; sax: Ricky Rooster; bass: John Buckland; bvs: Auntie Dottie, Auntie Hugh

3.   Queenie (from Madame Salami’s Garden) vocals: Auntie Hugh; children: Violet, Emma, Adam,

                David

4.   Frog Prince (from Sleeping Beauty) vocals: Kelly the Dragonfly; drums, bvs: Auntie Jean;

                bvs: Auntie Abby

5.   Sliverfish (from The Goldfish Show) vocals: Auntie Hazelnut, Auntie Uncle; cameo vocals: Auntie

                Ruby, Madame Salami, Auntie Clockwise

6.   Mirkwood Spiders (from Songs from The Hobbit) vocals: Madame Salami; violin: Parson Tui

7.   Snakebite (from Christmas on the Beach) vocals: Auntie Hazelnut; bass, bvs: Auntie Coromandel;

            drums: Mr Hooper; bvs: Auntie Stellar, Madame Salami, Auntie Uncle

8.   A porpoise with a purpose (from A porpoise with a purpose) vocals: Dottie; sax, opera vocals: Madame Salami; clarinet: Auntie Hugh; trumpet: UltraViolet

9.   I smell a rat (from Partytime) vocals: Madame Salami; maraca: Auntie Jean; hi-hat: Kiwi

10. Tadpole (from We’re the Aunties) vocals: Auntie Tadpole; synthesizer: Auntie Grandpa; clarinet:

                Auntie Hugh; percussion: Fireman Tim

11.  Down at the Zoo (from Aunties Alphabet) vocals: Queen Bee; flugelhorn: Edwina Thorne; drums:

                Alistair Riddell

12.  Ernie (from Madame Salami’s Garden) vocals, kazoo: Madame Salami; bvs: Auntie Anna, Auntie

                Stellar; kazoo: Auntie Clockwise; mandolin: Auntie Grandpa; drums: Mr Hooper; children:

                Violet Schmidt, Emma Schmidt, Lottie Neumegen, David Biggs