A cat
upon a hot tin roof
Danced
with a cow that raised a hoof
And
asked if the cat would marry her
And
all the cat would say is Purr!
The
farmer hearing such a din
Upon
his roof said it was a sin
That
animals would behave this way
Upon
his roof in the heat of the day
He called
his wife to see the fuss
But
she had left for town upon the bus
So he
chased them off by grabbing a broom
Round
the yard and into a room
Where
the cat meowed and the Cow did Moo
And
the farmer screamed Shoo, shoo, shoo
Until
at last he got them out
And
then let go with a victory shout
The
Cat sprung back on the roof outside
The
cow followed after, where else could it hide
And
the farmers rushing out from being inside
Just
sat down and he cried and he cried.
His
wife came home she had bought a fiddle
She
gave it to the cat and asked it a riddle
The
cat just laughed in a catty kind of way
The
cow then asked if the cat could play
At that
the cat played such a wonderful tune
That
the cow then said it was over the moon
The
farmers’ dog laughed at all this fun
And
the farmer collapsed from too much sun
Copyright 2000 Philip G. Bell
