Story Behind The Song

The dilemma of owning a beloved cat that is a good hunter.

Song Description

In early morning the cat is lurking in the garden, looking for birds. Unfortunately cats catch all manner of birds, both song birds and twittering birds. Bad Cat, stick to catching mice, please!

Lyrics

BAD CAT

Just before sunup, while we were still sleeping,
guess who was silently, stealthily creeping
outside in the garden, from under a bush -
It was Kitty - he's caught another thrush.

Bad cat, we must get him a bell to wear
so the birds can hear him when he comes near.
He must never hunt little songbirds again,
not robin not sparrow not starling not wren

Little songbirds should not be game
for cats or for us, it amounts to the same.
Kitty has plenty to eat in the house,
and we never mind if he catches a mouse.

Vermin like mice are always fair game,
though mice are so sweet, it is really a shame
to regard them as pests, but that's what they are
when their droppings turn up in the cookie jar.