The Ballad Of Cat Ballou
Composer(s): Mack David - Jerry Livingston
Performer(s): Nat King Cole
and multiple other artists



Well now friends just lend an ear 
For you're now about to hear 
The ballad of Cat Ballou 
It's a song that's newly made 
And Professus and The Shade 
And the Sunrise Kid are singin' it for you 

Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou 

It's a hangin' day in Wolf City, Wyomin' 
Wolf City, Wyomin', eighteen ninety four 
They're gonna drop Cat Ballou 
Through the gallows floor 

She killed a man in Wolf City, Wyomin' 
Wolf City, Wyomin', killed a man it's true 
And that is why they're a-hangin' 
Hangin' Cat Ballou 

She has the smile of an angel 
(Fights like the Devil) 
The eyes of an angel 
(Bites like the Devil) 
The face of an angel 
(I say she's the Devil) 
(She's mean and evil through and through) 

Cat Ballou, Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou 
She's mean and evil through and through 

With her outlaw band they're now tellin' a story 
Now tellin' a story how she rode the plain 
The wildest gal in the We-est 
Since Calamity Jane 

And today's the day that she's goin' to glory 
She's goin' to glory for the way she sinned 
They'll be a-speedin' her soul 
On a wayward wind 

She has the smile of an angel 
(Fights like the Devil) 
The eyes of an angel 
(Bites like the Devil) 
The face of an angel 
(I say she's the Devil) 
(She's mean and evil through and through) 

Cat Ballou (Cat Ballou) 
Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou (Cat Ballou) 
She's mean and evil through and through 

Cat Ballou, Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou 
She's mean and evil through and through