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Thread #5795   Message #1644486
Posted By: Susanne (skw)
08-Jan-06 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Kick the Cat (Pat McIntyre)
Subject: Lyr Add: KICK THE CAT (Pat McIntyre)
I must have been on holiday when this request was first made. The lyrics have, in fact, been posted here, but I'll do them again in proper format. Hope it's not too late ...

KICK THE CAT
(McIntyre)
^^
Oh it is hard you will agree
To know your place in Britain's meritocracy
It's most important you should know
The people who're above you and the ones below
             Oh oh you should know
             The people who're above you and the ones below

If Parliament's where you would be
Be sure you come from Oxford with a good degree
For then you may in your accent smooth
Persuade the shiftless workers to the polling booth

A redbrick university
Puts you on the lower branches of the tree
And even there you'll have a ball
Scorning those who never reach the tree at all

Lawyers, doctors, dentists pass
Their examination to the middle class
Especially if they've just scraped through
I'll give you ten to one that they'll look down on you

If proper status you would win
Be sure to hang your curtains with the right side in
No one's below you, fancy that
Then your only consolation is to kick the cat

This is what the Spinners sang on 'Not Quite Folk' (1969). They give credit to 'McIntyre'. Who is (s)he, and does anybody have any more background on the song?