Marie

LET ME TELL A LITTLE STORY

ABOUT MY CAT ‘MARIE’

SHE LOVED TO STAND AND TAP DANCE

WHAT A SIGHT TO SEE

ONE DAY I SAW A NOTICE

IT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE

IT SAID ‘TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA’

SO I WENT TO GET HER SIGNED

THE MAN SAID “ NO CATS DANCING “

NO WAY, NO HOW, NOT HERE

AND WHEN I TOLD MY SWEET ‘MARIE’

I SAW HER LICK A TEAR

BUT SHE PRACTISED AND SHE PRACTISED

SOFT SHOE AND THE LIKE

AND WHEN THAT BIG DAY CAME

SHE WAS UP AT MORNING LIGHT

SHE MUST HAVE HEARD THE PHONE RING

IT WAS RINGING OFF THE HOOK

THE MAN HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IT

AND SAID “COME DOWN AND LET HER HOOF”

THAT DAY SHE WAS FAMOUS

SHE WAS ASTOUNDING, SHE WAS A RAVE

WHAT I’M TRYING HARD TO SAY IS

THAT CAT ‘MARIE’ WAS REALLY GREAT

YOU DON’T BELIEVE MY STORY

BUT I SWEAR BY MY FAVORITE BREW

THEY EVEN MADE A MOVIE ‘BOUT IT

CALLED ‘CAT DANCING’

AIN’T THAT TRUE ?

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