Lonesome Polecat (Lament)
Composer(s): Gene DePaul - Johnny Mercer
First performance by: Matt Mattox - 1957
Covered by multiple other artists



I'm a lonesome polecat
lonesome, sad and blue
'cause I ain't got no femine polecat
vowin' to be true
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
cain't make no vows
to a herd o' cows,
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
I'm a mean old hounddog
bayin' at the moon
'cause I ain't got no lady friend hounddog
here to hear my tune
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
Frank, Gideon & Benjamin:
A man cain't sleep
when he sleeps with sheep
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
I'm a li'l old hoot owl
hootin' in the trees
'cause I ain't got no little gal owl fowl
here to shoot the breeze
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
cain't shoot no breeze
with a bunch o' trees
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh