“Kingston Calypso,” performed by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, was written as part of the soundtrack for the first James Bond film Dr. No (1962). During the opening credits the music fades from the signature “James Bond Theme” into the song about three blind mice, or three henchmen of the infamous...
Three blind mice in a row
Three blind mice there they go
Marching down the street single file
To a calypso beat all the while
They're looking for the cat
The cat that swallowed the rat
They want to show that cat the attitude
of three blind mice
Three blind mice here and there
Three blind mice everywhere
Searching all around for the cat
All over Kingston town pitter pat
They got the carving knife
To cut the pussycat's life
The puss will get the knife for triflin
with three blind mice
So beware
Three blind mice
Watch your step
Three blind mice
Deadly mice
Three blind mice
Where they go?
Three blind mice
What they do?
Three blind mice
Oh, the mice
Three blind mice
Deadly mice
Byron-lee-and-the-dragonaires released Kingston Calypso, Dr. No (soundtrack) on Sat Jun 01 1963.