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Lyr Req: Cat's in the Kettle (parody of ...Cradle)

21 Dec 05 - 11:40 PM (#1632639)
Subject: Harry Chapin's Cat's in the Cradle
From: pyewacket

Does anyone have a copy of the spoof on Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle"? The spoof is about cats being used for food in a Chinese restaurant and is sung to that tune.
Thanks


22 Dec 05 - 12:37 AM (#1632654)
Subject: RE: Harry Chaipin's Cat's in the Cradle
From: Little Robyn

The cat's in the kettle at the Silver Moon...
My daughter found it somewhere on the net.
Robyn


22 Dec 05 - 08:07 AM (#1632809)
Subject: RE: Harry Chapin's Cat's in the Cradle - parody
From: SqueezeMe

Weird Al Yankovitch???   (sp)


22 Dec 05 - 09:05 AM (#1632839)
Subject: RE: Harry Chapin's Cat's in the Cradle - parody
From: Roger in Baltimore

I borrowed this from a previous thread. Apparently never made it in the Digital Tradition

CAT'S IN THE KETTLE

Did you ever think when you eat Chinese
It ain't pork or chicken but a fat Siamese
Yet the food tastes great, so you don't complain
But that's not chicken in your Chicken Chow Mien
Seems to me I ordered Sweet and Sour Pork
But Garfield's on my fork......
He's purrin' here on my fork....

There's a cat in the kettle at The Peking Moon
The place that I ate every day at noon
They can feed you cat and you'll never know
Once they wrap it up in dough, boys....
They fry it real crisp in dough

Chow Lin asked if, I wanted more
As he was dialin' up his buddy at the old pet store
I said not today, I lost my appetite
There's two cats in my belly and they want to fight
I was suckin' on a Rolaid and a Tums or two
When I swear I heard it mew, boys.....
And that is when I knew......

There's a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon
I think I gotta stop eatin' there at noon
They say that it's beef or fish or pork
But it's purrin' there on my fork.....
There's a hairball on my fork.......


Roger in Baltimore


23 Dec 05 - 09:28 AM (#1633758)
Subject: RE: Harry Chapin's Cat's in the Cradle - parody
From: Roger in Baltimore

Pyewacket tells me in a PM that the tune is available on www.bobrivers.com in the "Twisted Tunes" section. The authorship is provided there. Coincidentally, Bob Rivers was a DJ here in Baltimore for a few years.

Roger in Baltimore


23 Dec 05 - 02:36 PM (#1633999)
Subject: RE: Harry Chapin's Cat's in the Cradle - parody
From: Little Robyn

Some of these are fun for Xmas
(You'll note I didn't say Christmas - just doesn't seem right somehow.)
Robyn