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The Cat
The New Christy Minstrels

Meow, meow, meow.nnNow, just like everbody, you've got troubles of your own,nBut let me tell you, mister, of the sorrow I have known.nI had an old, gray cat that I couldn't bear to keep.nHe spent the nights a-howlin' and he wouldn't let me sleep.nnSo I put him in a box and I tied it up quite well.nI had some fellas help me and I paid them not to tell.nThey put it in a boxcar, the westbound 710.nThe train pulled away and was never seen again.nnBut the cat came back the very next day.nYes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.nMeow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.nMeow, such a pity, but the cat came back.nnWe took him to the harbor and we put him on a ship.nWe bid him, Bon voyage, for that oceanic trip.nThe captain was obliging and glad to help us out.nThey tied him to the anchor so that there could be no doubt.nnWell, we heard the sad report of that mighty storm at seanAnd, though it may sound heartless, I was happy as can be.nThe paper said the ship went down beneath a heavy galenAnd not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale.nnBut the cat came back the very next day.nYes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.nMeow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.nMeow, such a pity, but the cat came back.nnThen we gave him to a scientist destined for the moon.nThe cat was used for ballast in an outer space balloon.nI guess you know what happened, that balloon is up there stillnAnd early that next morning, guess what came across the hill.nnMeow, that's right.nnNow, everyone in town was sworn to shoot that cat on sight.nWith that crazy cat around, you couldn't sleep at night.nWe even formed a posse just to hunt that critter down.nYou could hear the guns a-blazin' as we ran him out of town.nnBut the cat came back the very next day.nYes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.nMeow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.nMeow, such a pity, but the cat came back.nnHere's the moral to our story: When looking for a friend, nIf you get an old, gray cat, he's yours until the end.nYou'll never drag him off, no matter what you do.nBear in mind this dreadful tale that we have told to you.nnBut the cat came back the very next day.nYes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away.nMeow, kitty. Meow, so pretty.nMeow, such a pity, but the cat came back.


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