A 1919 popular song.
Words by Harry D. Kerr.
Music by Mel Kaufman.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Joe Brown’s wife was lonesome and blue
She wanted some kind of pet
All day she cried, until he sighed
“I’ll search around the city till I find a kitty
So he brought one home just to see
If it would be company
They made him a bed, out in the shed
Happily “good-night” then was said, but
Chorus
All night long Angora sang his song
Me-ow, Me-ow
He gave a cabaret
But just one tune he’d play
Me-ow, somehow
Wifey’s longing for company
Changed while he sang on merrily
That ever taunting growl
That ever haunting howl
Me-ow, Me-ow
- All next day they gave him away
But ev’ry time he came back
A thing or two, Angora knew
Each night upon the railing
You could her him wailing
All the neighbors were kept awake
So they took him to the lake
Twice they had him drowned
Next day, no sound
Then they went to bed all around, but
Chorus
All night long Angora sang his song
Me-ow, Me-ow
He gave a cabaret
But just one tune he’d play
Me-ow, somehow
Folks say death and taxes are sure
But Angora’s song will endure
When Angel Gabriel blows
You’ll hear that cat of Joe’s
Me-ow, Me-ow
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: