The Old Gumbie Cat

I (G6)have a Gumbie (D)Cat in mind,

her (C)name is (Bm7)Jennyanydots.

Her (Am7)coat is (Am6)of the (Em7)tabby kind,

with (F)tiger stripes and (B7)leopard spots.

All (G6)day she sits (D)beneath the stair,

(Dm)or (C)on the steps or (Bm)on the mat:

She (Am7)sits and (Am6)sits and (Em)sits and sits,

and (Fmaj7)that's what makes a (Bb7)(B7)Gumbie (C7)Cat!

That's what (Am7)makes a

(Bm7)(B7)Gumbie (Em)Cat!

But (Cm)when the day's (Baug)hustle (Abm6)and (Cm)bustle is (Adim)done,

then the (Ab)Gumbie Cat's (G7)work is but (Cm)hardly (G7)begun.

And (Cm)when all the (Baug)(Abm6)family's in (Adim)bed and asleep,

ment to she (G7)tucks up her from i dle to the (Cm)basement to creep.

ment. She is (Ab)deeply concerned with the (Bb)ways of the (Bb7)mice:

Their (Eb)behaviour's not (Ebmaj7)good and their (Abmaj7)manners not nice,

so (Db)when she has got them lined up on the matting,

she (G7)teaches them music, (Cm)crocheting and tatting.

I (G6)have a Gumbie (D)Cat in mind,

her (C)name is (Bm7)Jennyanydots.

The (Am7)curtain (Am6)cord she (Em7)likes to wind

and (F)tie it into (B7)sailor knots.

She (G6)sits upon the (D)windowsill,

(Dm)or (C)anything that's (Bm)smooth and flat:

She (Am7)sits and (Am6)sits and (Em)sits and sits,

and (Fmaj7)that's what makes a (Bb7)(B7)Gumbie (C7)Cat!

That's what (Am7)makes a

(Bm7)(B7)Gumbie (Em)Cat!

But (Cm)when the day's (Baug)hustle (Abm6)and (Cm)bustle is (Adim)done,

then the (Ab)Gumbie Cat's (G7)work is but (Cm)hardly (G7)begun.

She (Cm)thinks that the (Baug)(Abm6)cockiroaches (Adim)need and employ ment to (G7)prevent up them from i dle and the (Cm)wanton destroy ment.

So she's (Ab)deeply concerned with the (Bb)ways of the (Bb7)mice:

Their (Eb)behaviour's not (Ebmaj7)good and their (Abmaj7)manners not nice,

so (Db)when she has got them lined up on the matting,

she (G7)teaches them music, (Cm)crocheting and tatting.

I (Ab)formed from that lot of (Bb7)disorderly louts,

a (Eb)troop of welldisciplined (Ab)helpful boy scouts,

with a (Db)purpose in life and a good deed to do;

and she's (G)even

created a (G7)Beetle's