THE CAT

Now, just like everybody, 
  you've got troubles of your own,
But let me tell you mister 
  of the sorrow I have known.
I had an old gray cat 
  I couldn't bear to keep,
He spent the nights a'howling 
  and he wouldn't let me sleep.

So I put him a box, 
  and I tied it up quite well,
I had some fellas help me 
  and I paid 'em not to tell.
They put him in a boxcar 
  on the west-bound 7-10,
The train pulled away 
  and was never seen again

-Chorus-
But the Cat came back 
  the very next day,
yes the cat came back 
  and he wouldn't stay away
meow kitty, meow so pretty, 
  meow such a pity 
But the cat came back.

So I gave him to some scientists 
  testing for the moon,
the cat was used as ballast 
  in an outer-space balloon,
I guess you know what happened, 
  that balloon is up there still,
But early the next morning 
  guess what came across the hill, 
  (that's right)

Now everyone in town was sworn 
  to shoot that cat on sight,
with that crazy cat around 
  you couldn't sleep at night
they even formed a posse 
  just to hunt that critter down,
You could hear the guns a'blazing  
  as they ran him out of town

-chorus-

Here's the moral of the story, 
  that I have told my friend.
If you find an old gray cat, 
  he's your's until the end
you'll never drive him off, 
  no matter what you do
bear in mind this dreadful tale 
  that we have told to you

-chorus-

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