The Cat

Meow, meow, meow
 Now, just like everbody, 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 that I couldn't bear to keep
 He spent the nights a-howlin' and he wouldn't let me sleep
 So I put him in a box and I tied it up quite well
 I had some fellas help me and I paid them not to tell
 They put it in a boxcar, the westbound 710
 The train pulled away and was never seen again
 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
 We took him to the harbor and we put him on a ship
 We bid him, "Bon voyage," for that oceanic trip
 The captain was obliging and glad to help us out
 They tied him to the anchor so that there could be no doubt
 Well, we heard the sad report of that mighty storm at sea
 And, though it may sound heartless, I was happy as can be
 The paper said the ship went down beneath a heavy gale
 And not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale
 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
 Then we gave him to a scientist destined for the moon
 The cat was used for ballast in an outer space balloon
 I guess you know what happened, that balloon is up there still
 And early that next morning, guess what came across the hill
 Meow, 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
 We even formed a posse just to hunt that critter down
 You could hear the guns a-blazin' as we ran him out of town
 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
 Here's the moral to our story: When looking for a friend
 If you get an old, gray cat, he's yours until the end
 You'll never drag him off, no matter what you do
 Bear in mind this dreadful tale that we have told to you
 Yes, 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
 Meow!