Pussy Cat Blues
 

Oh pussy cat pussy cat : where you been so long
Says I been around *the curve* : see could I find old Tom

Says pussy cat pussy cat : you couldn't not wait
You's afraid : old Tommy's going to make you late

Oh pussy cat pussy cat : what you whine all night
Says ain't old Tommy : doing you just right

Says the old cats and the kittens : is sitting in the sun
Says the old cats coughed : and the kittens all run

Says the little bitty kittens : come out the door a‑saying
Baby I hear mama coughing : it's bound to be a *ben*

She dug a hole : with her right hand
And she buried her *corky* : down in the sand

Old Tom and old pussy cat : playing seven up
Old pussy turned the joker : and picked the money up

They had a mighty fight : and not much of a race
Old Tommy scratched pussy : in a dangerous place

Says the little bitty kittens : says papa Uncle Bud
Says all around your mouth : is something like mud