# Songs we sing to cats **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314 "2003-08-19T22:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/1 "2003-08-19T22:53:36Z")
I found myself singing a version of “Which Describes How You’re Feeling” by They Might Be Giants to my cat: “Which describes how you’re furry all the time/Which describes how you’re furry all the furry all the time/There’s this cat on the floor and he /Makes me want to want to make me snore like the time/That I thought you were furry all the time…” I’ve been known to sing Jesus Christ Superstar at him: “Zazou cat, Zazou cat, what in the hell do you think you’re at?/Fuzzy face, fuzzy face, running around tearing up the place…” And of course there’s the Dance with the Cat which simply goes “Dance with the cat/Dance with the kitty kitty/Dance with the cat/Dance with the kitty kitty/…” etc. Oh, and I think I’ve done “I’m/Too sexy for my fur” before. So…? ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/2 "2003-08-19T23:12:02Z")
Our cat’s name is Lou, which substitutes nicely for “you” in the song of your choice. "Lou are sunshine in my life . . . " "I never met a girl like Lou before . . . " And of course . . . " I’m a Lou-zer baby, so why don’t you kitty me . . ." Not to mention the ever popular, “Lou lou bo boo, bananafana fo foo me mi mo mou, LOU!” ---
**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/3 "2003-08-19T23:59:36Z")
As long as the cat isn’t singing to you… [sub]you _are_ still taking those “special” pills, right?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/4 "2003-08-20T02:26:15Z")
I have way too many of these. Two of the worst (for Orson and Dickens, respectively): “The Ors is an Ors, of course of course, and you can’t talk to the Ors, of course, that is, of course, unless the Ors is the giant Orson cat!” and “Dickensy doo dah Dickensy ay My oh my you are furry today. Plenty of headbutts headin’ my way Dickensy doo dah Dickensy ay!” All of the cats seem to think being sung to is so extremely amusing that they come running. (Either that or they think I’m having some sort of seizure and will soon die and become food.) Julie ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/5 "2003-08-20T03:09:08Z")
I’ve never sung to my cat, but I do hold extensive conversations with him. I just wish I knew what I was saying during them. Apparently whatever it is makes sense to him, because he meows back. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/6 "2003-08-20T03:26:51Z")
Where’s my little kitty-cat, Where’s my little kitty-cat, Where are you? Where are you? Oh, the shame. 90% of the time they don’t even respond, adding insult to injury. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/7 "2003-08-20T03:39:56Z")
Ya know, I actually thought this might be a Douglas Adams thread. You know where the leader of the universe isn’t sure if people come to him to ask how to run the universe or just to sing to his cat? Well, you ARE a politician matt, and you could be the leader of the universe for all I know (I figure it’s probably a Canadian). To be honest I don’t sing to my cats. I usually just stick to “Who’s a kitty!? Who’s a KITTY!!??” And then they look at me like I’m an idiot. Maybe I should try singing. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/8 "2003-08-20T03:47:06Z")
My cats love any song about birds, especially the one about four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. Also, the eensy-weensy spider and the old lady who swallowed a fly. Mmmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/9 "2003-08-20T03:55:29Z")
[stomp stomp clap] [stomp stomp clap] Kiity you’re a hard cat yard cat playing with your tail gonna lick at your ass all day you got fur on your face you big disgrace somebody better clean your box in my place we will we will pet you ---
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/10 "2003-08-20T04:11:39Z")
**NoClueBoy** , that’s GREAT. My cat is named Minnie, so she has a version of “Minnie The Moocher” just for her, but it’s not very good. > [@](#): > > Boys, let me tell you a story ‘bout Minnie the Moocher > She was one furry l’il hootchy-coocher > She scares the fish by flickin’ her tail > But she’ll never taste even one little scale… > _scat solo_ ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/11 "2003-08-20T04:32:12Z")
That kitty-cat song ROCKS, **NoClueBoy!** ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/12 "2003-08-20T04:36:21Z")
[purr… purr…] ---
**Author:** ![ghandi5569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@ghandi5569](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghandi5569)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/13 "2003-08-20T04:56:32Z")
My favorite is “All I Want For Christmas”…to the tune of “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth.” I like to sing this to my little neutered boy… "All I want for Christmas is my two balls back My two balls back My two balls back. There used to be a couple now there’s just one sack One little sack. One lonely sack." ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/14 "2003-08-20T05:00:10Z")
I don’t sing to them either… but I talk to them. Ask them questions. Meow to them… Their favorite is whenI ask whats for dinner while looking in the fridge. They have plenty of opinions there. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/15 "2003-08-20T12:00:28Z")
I used to sing the following to my best friend’s cat: “Little Miss, Little Miss, Little Miss Cat be Wrong.” One of my cats, Lucia, enjoys pretty much anything I sing. Show tunes are a favorite, especially “Officer Krupke” from _West Side Story_, “Walk Down the Avenue,” from _Easter Parade_, and The Money Song from _Cabaret_. I don’t what it is she likes about these songs–maybe just the rhythm of the words. My other cat, Austen, usually looks alarmed and discomfitted if I sing to her. (What _is_ the human howling about?) The one exception she seemed to enjoy was this lyrically complex piece I composed just for her, sung to the tune “Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?”: Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kittykittykitty, Kittykittykitty, Kittykittykitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Meow! Meow! Meow! Meow! Meow! ---
**Author:** ![Kyann22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Kyann22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyann22)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/16 "2003-08-20T12:06:15Z")
LOL…this thread is too funny. The only song we frequently sing to our babies is that Get Busy song… Our cat’s name is Bella, which nicely replaces Annabella… So, Miss Bella Bella is frequently asked to shake that thang! :o) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/17 "2003-08-20T12:23:53Z")
Thanks, NoClueBoy! I loved it. (to the tune of the Christmas carol “Do You Hear What I Hear”) Said the cat to the people everywhere Do you see what I have? Underneath my tail, everyone Do you see what I have? It’s pink It’s pink And it doesn’t stink Cause I wash it with my tongue Cause I wash it with my-y tongue ---
**Author:** ![Trafalgar\_Laura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trafalgar_laura/32/2907_2.png) [@Trafalgar\_Laura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trafalgar_Laura)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/18 "2003-08-20T12:28:19Z")
I love my Lily cat. Oh yes, I doooo. I love my Lily cat. It’s troooo. I love my Lily cat. I doooo. Lily cat, I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/19 "2003-08-20T12:32:34Z")
You guys are killin’ me! We don’t sing to the girls…we just tell them we have “chickamonks” under the blankets so they’ll come to bed with us. They never believe us. They only come to bed after we’re sound asleep so they can use our heads as springboards to attack each other. Dung Beetle and NoClueBoy have tied for first place SO FAR…I’d like to review more entries before making my final decision. ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314/20 "2003-08-20T14:23:22Z")
I’m gonna stomp me a cat. I’m gonna stomp me a cat. Gonna stomp me a cat. Gonna stomp it flat. I’m gonna stomp me a cat. Scandalizes my wife. The cats don’t care. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-we-sing-to-cats/196314.md?page=2)