I'm as mild and as meek as a mouse   When I hear a command I obey   But I know of a spot in my house   Where no one can stand in my way      Chorus:   In my own little corner   In my own little chair   I can be what ever I want to be   On the wing of my fancy I can fly anywhere   And the world will open its arms to me      I'm a young egyptian princess   Or a milk maid   I'm the greatest prima donna in the land.   I'm an heiress who has always had her silk made   By her own flock of silkworms in Japan      I'm a girl men go mad for   Love's a game I can play   With a cool and confident kind of air   Just as long as I stay in my own little corner   All alone in my own little chair   I can be whatever I want to be      I'm a thief in Calcutta   I'm a queen in Peru   I'm a mermaid dancing upon the sea      I'm a huntress on an african safari   Its a dangerous type of sport and yet its fun   In the night I sally forth to seek my quarry   when I find I forgot to bring my gun   I am lost in the jungle   All alone and unarmed   When I meet a lioness in her lair      Then I'm glad to be back in my own little corner   All alone in my own little chair