From “Guys and Dolls”, 1955.
Words and music by Frank Loesser.
Edited by Wm. Ellfeldt.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
You know you’ve been mean to me
And you know, when you’re mean to me
How it always makes me want to roam
And you know there’s a danger
That some gentle stranger
Might pick me up
And make me feel at home, so
Refrain
Pet me, Poppa, Poppa, pet me nice
Pet me, Poppa, Poppa melt the ice
If you don’t what me out roaming the city
Talk to me pretty, “Here, kitty, kitty”
And Pet me Poppa, pet me nice
Pet me, Poppa, Poppa, pet me good
Pet me, Poppa, proper like you should
If you care to keep me home by the fire
‘Specially when it’s time to retire
Well, Pet me, Poppa, Poppa, pet me good
Warm up my saucer of milk and maybe I’ll purr
Lay out my cushion of silk, don’t rumple my fur
Just reach over and
Pet me, Poppa, Poppa, pet me nice
Pet me, Poppa, Poppa melt the ice
If you don’t what me out roaming the city
Talk to me pretty, “Here, kitty, kitty”
And Pet me Poppa, that’s my good advice
And Pet me Poppa, pet me nice