Me-ow
ME-OW
Words by
HARRY D. KERR
Music by
MEL KAUFMAN
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Joe Brown's wife was lonesome and blue,
She wanted some kind of pet;
All day she cried, until he sighed,
"I'll search around the city
Till I find a kitty;
So he brought one home just to see
If it would be company,
They made him a
bed, out in the shed,
Happily "good-night" then was said, but
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All night long Angora sang his song,
Me-ow, Me-ow,
He gave a cabaret, but just one tune he'd play,
Me-ow, somehow,
"Wifey's longing for company
Changed, while he sang on merrily
That ever taunting growl,
That ever haunting howl,
Me-ow, Me-ow.
All next day they gave him away,
But ev'ry time he came back;
A thing or two, Angora knew,
Each night upon the railing
You could hear him wailing;
All the neighbors were kept awake,
So they took him to the lake,
Twice they had him
drowned, next day, no sound,
Then they went to bed all around, but
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All night long Angora sang his song,
Me-ow, Me-ow,
He gave a cabaret, but just one tune he'd play,
Me-ow, somehow,
Folks say death and taxes are sure,
But Angora's song will endure,
When Angel Gabriel blows,
You'll hear that cat of Joe's,
Me-ow, Me-ow.
Copyright MCMXIX by Sam Fox Publishing Co., Cleveland, O.
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