Poor Kitty Popcorn


Did you ever hear the story of the loyal cat
Meow
Who was faithful to the flag and ever followed that
Meow
How she left her happy home beneath the southern sky
And she packed up her belongings when the troops came nigh
How she followed in the column with a gladsome cry
Meow.

Poor Kitty Popcorn
Is buried neath a snowdrift now
Never more to hear the music of her gladsome cry
Meow
Never more to hear the music of her gladsome cry
Meow


Round her neck she wore a ribbon; she was black as jet
Meow
Very soon a dandy chose her as a soldier's pet
Meow
All the sorrows of the battle and the war she bore
Riding on her master's shoulders when her feet were sore
Whispering in his ear in wonder at the cannon's roar
Meow

Poor Kitty...

Now the cruel war is over and the troops disband
Meow
Kitty follows as a pilgrim to the northern land
Meow
Ah, but sorrow overtakes her and her master dies
As she sadly sits a-gazing in his dim blue eyes
'Til by strangers driven from him in the dark she cries
Meow

Poor Kitty Popcorn...

Kitty waits alone and shaking 'til she sees his form
Meow
Carried forth and buried roughly in the driving storm
Meow
Ah, her slender form it shivers in the northern blast
As she seeks the sandy mound on which the snow falls fast
And alone amid the darkness there she breathes her last
Meow

Poor Kitty Popcorn...

From memory. i will have to find the lyrics when I get home. Needed a break at the office.
Mary