The Thin Cat

He walked upon our garden wall,
He hadn’t got a home at all,
The thin cat, the thin cat,
The little homeless thin cat!

I don’t believe he ever purr’d,
He never knew a loving word,
The thin cat, the thin cat,
The little homeless thin cat!

But Mother said, “Go, bring him in,
I cannot bear to see him thin,”
The thin cat, the thin cat,
The little homeless thin cat!

So now he purrs upon the mat,
His coat is soft—he’s warm and fat,
The fat cat, the fat cat,
The little cared-for fat cat!