Lyr Req: Cat Songs?

Subject: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: saulgoldie
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 08:42 PM

I would like to add a cat song to my repertoire. The only ones I know of are "The Cat Came Back" which is not appropriate for my circumstances, and a couple by some very capable players who use tunings and fingerings that I cannot possibly make sound good with my more limited playing ability.

I would like something soft and affectionate about the love of a cat, not unlike the dog song that I have mentioned here before (and I played at the Getaway). TCCB is cute enough. But it does not suit my needs. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

Saul

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 08:52 PM

Maybe not what you had in mind, but The Dundee Cat is about the love of a cat!

Mick

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 09:05 PM

That wasn't too serious a suggestion, but there are several cat songs in the database here.

If you put cat in the Lyrics and Knowledge Search box on the main page, untick the Forum box and do a search you'll see a lot of them. (Sadly you can't search only the titles).

Mick

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: Bert
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 09:14 PM

My Dad used to sing

Don't do that to the poor puss cat
No, no, no, no, no
Oh do not drive your pussy cat away
you might be a pussy cat yourself some day
So, Don't do that to the poor puss cat
No, no, no, no, no.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: saulgoldie
Date: 04 Oct 11 - 09:39 PM

The Dundee Cat Song *is* cute. But I cannot use it. OK, alright. Here's the story. There is yon fair maiden whose company I would like to keep. (At least from what I know so far.) She has a cat that she loves. I want to impress her with a touching cat song. Geddit?

Saul

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: breezy
Date: 05 Oct 11 - 07:41 AM

check out Chris Flegg 'Its a cat's life'

he likes cats

the eric Bogle song !? nah

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: Bert
Date: 05 Oct 11 - 09:14 AM

You could try putting this to music...

THE TORTOISESHELL CAT
The Tortoiseshell cat
She sits on the mat
As gay as a sunflower, she;
In orange and black you see her blink,
And her waistcoat's white, and her nose is pink
And her eyes are green of the sea.

But all is vanity, all the way;
Twilight's coming and close of day,
And every cat in the twilight's gray,
Every possible cat.*

The tortoiseshell cat
She is smooth and fat,
And we call her Josephine,
Because she weareth upon her back
This coat of colors, this raven black,
This red of the tangerine.

But all is vanity, all the way;
Twilight follows the brightest day,
And every cat in the twilight's gray,
Every possible cat."

~ Patrick Reginald Chalmers (first published in Punch magazine, 4 March 1914)


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: Severn
Date: 05 Oct 11 - 09:27 AM

In and Out

Lyrics/Chords: Songs About Cats

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: Susan of DT
Date: 05 Oct 11 - 09:44 AM

There are 28 songs in the Digital Tradition (alias DT or database) with the keyword cat. You can get to the keyword list from the sitemap in the dropdown on the main forum page. There are also 8 with the keyword deadcat, but it does not sound like you want those.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 05 Oct 11 - 11:31 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOqiqBWAqcs

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 05 Oct 11 - 11:39 AM

Body in the bag, which exists in various versions.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cat Songs?
From: Genie
Date: 05 Oct 11 - 05:00 PM

That post above from "Severn" was actually from me. Severn was still logged in on my laptop when I got online this morning (didn't realize that until I saw "Severn" had posted but "Genie" had not).

Here's a short list of "cat" songs in the DT posted by Joe Offer in another thread.

And another good "cat songs" thread in the forum: Songs for Cats...Corrrrrrrr