I have a Gumbie Cat in mind
her name is Jennyanydots
Her coat is of the tabby kind
with tiger stripes
and leopard spots
All day she sits upon
the stair or on the steps
or on the mat
She sits and sits and
sits and sits and
that's what
makes a Gumbie Cat
that's what
makes a Gumbie Cat
But when the day's
hustle and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat's work
is but hardly begun
And when all the family's
in bed and asleep
She tucks up her skirts
to the basement to creep
She is deeply concerned
with the ways of the mice
Their behaviour's not good
and their manners not nice
So when she has got them
lined up on the matting
She teachs them music
crocheting and tatting
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind
her name is Jennyanydots
Her equal would be hard to find
she likes the warm
and sunny spots
All day she sits beside
the hearth or on the bed
or on my hat
She sits and sits and
sits and sits and
that's what makes
a Gumbie Cat
that's what makes
a Gumbie Cat
But when the day's hustle
and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat's work
is but hardly begun
As she finds that the mice
will not ever keep quiet
She is sure it is
due to irregular diet
And believing that nothing
is done without trying
She sets right to work with
her baking and frying
She makes them a mouse
cake of bread and dried peas
And a beautiful fry
of lean bacon and cheese
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind
her name is Jennyanydots
The curtain cord she likes
to wind and tie it
into sailor knots
She sits upon the window
sill or anything that's
smooth and flat
She sits and sits and
sits and sits and that's
what makes a Gumbie Cat
that's what makes a Gumbie Cat
But when the day's hustle
and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat's
work is but hardly begun
She thinks that the cockroaches
just need employment
To prevent them from
idle and wanton destroyment
So she's formed from
that lot of disorderly louts
A troop of well disciplined
helpful boy scouts
With a purpose in life
and a good deed to do
And she's even
created a Beetles' Tattoo
So for Old Gumbie Cats
let us now give three cheers
On whom well ordered
households depend it appears