Lyrics Marc Gunn, music traditional

Performed by Marc Gunn
from Selcouth

Little girl holds a full sippy cup
Only drinks half of the juice up
She leaves for school then the bottle lands with a splash
Your paws get sticky on the floor

* See the glass cats
Watch it splash cats
See the liquid roll off of the table
See your human
In their socks cats
As they step in the puddle you made

Humans watching TV distracted
Or they leave to use the bathroom
Jump up on the coffee table
Knock the milk down and lick it up

Ice cold glass of water at bedtime
Set it down not far from the pillow
Tongue can't reach it at two in the morning
So knock it down, then you're satiated.

What care we if they're done drinking
What we care about is physics in motion
Tap the glass cats, watch it jiggle
If it doesn't tip over, then knock it again

Background

Our cat Jenga knocks cups off the table. That's one reason we mostly drink from water bottles around the house. But our kids… not so much. One day, I came back from taking Kenzie to daycare. I walked into the kitchen and felt my foot stick to the floor. There on the ground was Kenzie's sippy cup with juice spilled all over the floor. It didn't take long to write the rest of the song.

Mingulay Cat Song Video

Credits

Marc Gunn: autoharp, vocals
Nathan Deese: bass, whistles

Background vocals: C David Dent, Chris Carr, Heather Ackroyd, Jennifer Michelli-Haskell, Morgan Hubert, Gwyneth Hubert, Nick Watson from Rathkeltair, Whiskey Bay Rovers

Mixed: Rich Brotherton
Mastered: Marc Gunn

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