How’s Your Little Maltese Cat

A popular song from the year 1913.
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert.
Music by Lewis F. Muir and Les Copeland.

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

1. My best gal had the cutest little cat
   With a little bunch of whiskers on its chin
   And when we’d spoon, in my lap she sat
   I’d get as mad as sin
   My best gal is a thing of the past
   The kitten was the cause of it all
   I sighed, oh how I sighed
   Today I met her sister and I cried

Chorus
Say you, you, you
How’s your little maltese cat
How’s your little maltese cat
Sleeping on the old door mat
Now tell me say, you, you, you
Has she ever caught a rat?
Then she answered mister
Ask my little sister
How’s your little maltese cat

2. Years have passed and the kitten just the same
   Has a little bunch of whiskers on its chin
   My best gal has since become my wife
   Happy we’ve always been
   My wife’s sister is living with us still
   Many, many, many times we laugh
   I sigh, oh how I sigh
   I always turn to sister and I cry

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