Lonesome Polecat

Music: David DePaul
Lyrics: Johnny Mercer

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I’m a lonesome polecat.

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Lonesome sad and blue.

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‘Cause I ain’t got no feminine polecat,

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Vowing to be true.

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Ooo uh oo oo uh oo uh oo uh oo uh oo.

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Can’t make no vows to a herd of cows.

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Ooo uh oo oo uh oo uh oo uh oo.

I’m a mean old hound dog,
Baying at the moon.
‘Cause I ain’t got no ladyfriend hound dog,
Here to hear my tune.
Ooo uh oo oo uh oo uh oo uh oo.
A man can’t sleep, when he sleeps with sheep.

I’m a little ole hoot owl,
Hooting in the trees.
Cause I ain’t got no lady friend owl fowl,
Here to shoot the breeze.
Ooo uh oo oo uh oo uh oo uh oo.
Can’t shoot the breeze with a bunch of trees.