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I couldn't resist posting this, though this might not be the finished wording. The Aeslin mice are featured in Discount Armageddon (though in fairness they are minor characters.)  The chorus is a reference to the Billy Collins poem The Country (the poet reads it, illustrated, here)

Aeslin Mice (first draft)
lyrics and melody by Catherine Faber 2012
a capella mp3 here

Talking rodents in tribal dress,
Glad to quit the wonders of the wilderness,
Converted, and converting, with love and wit
Family history to Holy Writ

   Mark their rituals, but my advice
   Don't give matches to the Aeslin mice!

Food For Privacy: the first swap made;
The Oldest Ritual, the Sacred Trade,
Curious ever, but make no mistake;
They're always ready for cheese and cake.

They've never seen the old events for which
Their festive cheering reaches fever pitch,
But they keep our history in tale and song;
The colony's memory is very long.

Food and worship is their whole desire,
Singing praises in a tiny choir,
Held in harmony, sweet and shrill
Too mad to manage and to cute to kill.

Every Price is given this much free,
Our peculiar immortality
In the memories the mice rehearse
We live forever, though we're dead, or worse.