DINGBAT THE SINGING CAT
(Ted Mossman / Al Hoffman - 
based on a theme from Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter And The Wolf")

Freddy Martin & His Orch. (vocal: Stuart Wade, Glenn Hughes & The Martin Men) - 1946


STUART WADE:
Dingbat the singin' cat
He was so cute, but he sang flat
All night he'd meow and meow
Till the break of day

Each night beneath the moon
The cat would croon so loud a tune
But still he'd meow and meow
In a merry way

People screamed 'cause he meowed
They couldn't sleep, he sang so loud
Someone hit 'im with a great big shoe
Right in the middle of his "I love you"

Dingbat the singin' cat
He disappeared and that was that
And now folks can sleep, sleep and sleep
Till the break of day

GLENN HUGHES & THE MARTIN MEN:
Dingbat the singin' cat
He was so cute, but he sang flat
All night he'd meow and meow
Till the break of day

Each night beneath the moon
The cat would croon so loud a tune
But still he'd meow and meow
In a merry way

The people screamed 'cause he meowed
They couldn't sleep, he sang so loud
Someone hit 'im with a great big shoe
Right in the middle of his "I love you"

Dingbat the singin' cat
He disappeared and that was that
And now folks can sleep, sleep and sleep
Till the break of day

Meow, meow, meow
Till the break of day



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2017)