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Thread #19274   Message #196705
Posted By: IanC
17-Mar-00 - 08:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cat's got the measles
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat's got the measles
Mike

The "Cat's got the measles" I know is a set of "nonsense words" sung to the dance tune "The Keel Row". There are lots of these, and there is at least one old thread about them (search for "nonsense"). The words I know are

The cat's got the measles, the measles, the measles. The cat's got the measles, the measles got the cat.