[Intro]
Three little kittens
Lost their mittens
(No, no, boys, boys, wait a minute, wait a minute)
(Cindy? We wanted a nursery rhyme tune, but this is nineteen and fifty-one)
(We want something up, you know, with a little oomp! in it. Rhythm.)
(Well, why didn't you say so, Bob? Let 'er rip, boys.)
[Verse 1]
Mother Goose gave a ball
And everybody was there
She hired a band, a great big hall
For the big affair
But the music didn't show up
And things were looking gray
When up stepped the three little kittens
And to Mother Goose did say:
[Verse 2]
"We're the three little kittens, the three little kittens
But we can play the dance
Oh Mother Goose, Mother Goose
Won't you please give us a chance?"
"Take off your mittens, you darling kittens
And you shall have a try"
"Meow, meow, we'll start right now"
The kittens began to cry
[Verse 3]
Well, the three little kittens took off their mittens
And they began to play
Hey, they stomped it out and there's no doubt
Them cats were really okay
They really rocked 'em, they really socked 'em
With their swing and sway
Meow, meow, they hollered "Wow!"
When the kittens begin to play
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 4]
Well, the three little kittens put on their mittens
And went to Hollywood
Now one played bass, one guitar
And the other one just played good
A lion named Leo heard the trio
And signed 'em for a film
Meow, meow, they're playing now
In a picture at M.G.M