Fine Feathered Friend Songtext
von Jeannie C. Riley

Sometimes I wish you were a fine feathered fowl
And sometimes I wish I was a cat out on a midnight prowl
For if you were a bird you would sing from a cage
And if I were a cat I could watch you all day
And I know in my mind that you′d never get away
If I were a cat and you were a fine feathered fowl

Sometimes I wish you were a ring-tailed raccoon
Sometimes I wish I was a hound out bayin' at the moon
For if you were a raccoon you′d be hiding in a tree
And if I were a hound trailing you would be easy
You'd never get away from that tree no way soon
If I were a hound and you were a ring-tailed raccoon


But like it is you go rambling when the notion hits your mind
And you never give a thought to this lonely girl you leave behind
You've been a wrong doing me for such a long long time
That now you think wrong is right and
No matter what you do I shouldn′t mind

But if I were a cat and you were a fine feathered fowl
I′d take my little paw
And I would caress your fine feathers through the bars
Then I'd open up the latch on the door of your cage
And everyone would wonder how the birdie got away
Not one little feather would I leave lay about
If I were a cat and you were a fine feathered fowl
If I were a cat and you were a fine feathered fowl