I found this on a terrific children's album called Never Grow Up, by Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen.
-Joe Offer-

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NOW HE'S SORRY THAT HE SPOKE
© 1977 State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

A little gem from the book Folk Songs Out of Wisconsin, edited by Harry B. Peters. It was sung by Noble Brown, age 61, in Millville, Wisconsin, in 1946.

A dude into the country went to meet his cousin Pat
And there he saw an animal that he supposed a cat
It nestled in the wagon track, it had two white stripes down its back
He thought it was the cutest cat that he did ever see
He stepped up close and softly said "Here, Kitty, come to me"
But now he's sorry that he spoke
Yes, now he's sorry that he spoke
They had to bury all his clothes
And then put clothespins on their nose
They threw him in the lake to soak
And now he's sorry that he spoke

A man named Patrick Hoolihan once worked around the docks
He went down to the quarry where the men were blasting rocks
They had some brand new dynamite, they said it didn't work just right
Pat grabbed a piece and lit a match with many a smile and smirk
He said "I'll show you the reason why, it's wet and will not work"
But now he's sorry that he spoke
Yes, now he's sorry that he spoke
He shot up to the Milky Way
He hasn't come back to this day
A loud report, a little smoke
And now he's sorry that he spoke

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