Memphis Minnie - Black Cat Blues lyrics

I got a big black cat who sits in my back door He catches every rat run across my floor Now everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul If it wasn't for that cat, I wouldn't know what I would do Rats cutting up all of my clothes and shoes Now everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul I been had this old cat, now, for three, four years Didn't nobody want him till I brought him here Now everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul (spoken: Catch a rat!) Before I got that cat, rats had holes all in my walls Since I brought her home you can't find no holes at all Now everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul You have seen a-lots of cats and you going to see a-lots more I got one I carries everywhere I go Now everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty Everybody wants to buy my kitty I wouldn't sell that cat to save your soul (spoken: Aw, play it now Catch a rat!)