4 The Cat she went a Hunting

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, the cat she caught a- plenty,
She’s got the artful dodger, the dodger, the dodger
She’s spied him in the burning hay the barn is burning down

Now the cat she had to hide her face behind the rat she’s eating
So as not to show a smirk and later get a beating
The farmer trips on his dungarees and he falls down the stairs

The fire brigade is coming, with farm children singing,
And we’ll be sipping on boiled eggs, on boiled eggs, on boiled eggs.
So open the cage and hose us down and we’ll make it a dozen a day

But the roof is starting to crumble, sparks go up in the night sky
The dogs are wearing their tails down, their tails down, there tails down
The boys are making a chain in the yard and they’re passing the pails along

Now the cat she had to hide her face behind the rat she’s eating
So as not to show her smirk and later get a beating
The farmer trips on his dungarees and he falls down the stairs

Wake up farm boys the barn is burning down!! X 2
The cat she went a hunting and found the barn a- blazing
And back she’s come a- calling a- calling a- calling
Back she’s come a- calling, a- calling, a- calling.

Contact: Whirling Discs Ltd,
Cairns Hill,
Aughamore-near,
Sligo,
IRELAND.

Phone +353868260334
Email Address: mcsligo@gmail.com
Website: www.dervish.ie

Songwriter: Sonny Condell
Publishing & PRO: Dervish
Release Date: 2007