“Tom Cat”
Description
"Funniest thing that ever I seen Was a tom cat stitchin' on a sewin' machine! O-ho, my baby, take a-one on me!" "Sewed so easy and he sewed so slow, Took ninety-nine stitches on the tom-cat's toe, O-ho, my baby...."
Supplemental text
Tom Cat
Complete text(s)
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From Dorothy Scarborough, On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs,
p. 91. Apparently collected by Mrs. Tom Bartlett of
Marlin, Texas.
Funniest thing that ever I seen
Was a tom cat stitchin' on a sewin' machine!
O-ho, my baby, take a-one on me!
Sewed so easy and he sewed so slow,
Took ninety-nine stitches on the tom-cat's toe,
O-ho, my baby, take a-one on me!
Notes
Presumably from the same roots as "Take a Whiff On Me" or something like it. With only two verses, I can't really tell if it's a separate song or not -- but we're splitters, so we file it as if it is. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Take a Whiff on Me" (lyrics, form)
References
- Scarborough-NegroFS, p. 91, "Tom Cat" (1 text, 1 tune)
- ST ScaNF091 (Full)
- BI, ScaNF091