The Cat she went a Hunting - Dervish

Lyrics by：Sonny Condell

Composed by：Sonny Condell

The cat she went a-hunting and found the barn a-blazing

And back she's come a-calling a-calling a-calling

Wake up farm boys

The barn is burning down

And the rats came out in their hundreds

And the cat she caught a-plenty

She's got the artful dodger the dodger the dodger

She spied him in the burning hay the barn is burning down

Now the cat she's got to hide her face

Behind the rat she's eating

So as not to show a smirk

And maybe get a beating

The farmer slips on his dungarees

And he falls down the stairs

The fire brigade is coming

And frying chicken singing

And we'll be sitting on boiled

Eggs on boiled eggs on boiled eggs

So open the cage and hose us down

We'll make it a dozen a day

The roof is starting to crumble

Sparks fly up in the night sky

The dogs are wearing their tails down

Their tails down their tails down

The boys have made a chain in the yard

And they're passing the pails along

Now the cat she's got to hide her face

Behind the rat she's eating

So as not to show a smirk

And maybe get a beating

The farmer slips on his dungarees

And he falls down the stairs

Wake up farm boys

The barn is burning down

Wake up farm boys

The barn is burning down

The cat she went a-hunting and found the barn a-blazing

And back she's come a-calling a-calling a-calling

And back she's come a-calling a-calling a-calling

And back she's come a-calling a-calling a-calling