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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dan Hicks
Dan Hicks
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tommy LiPuma
Tommy LiPuma
Producer

Lyrics

A very hip bird sits in his cage
He sings:
"Tweet tweet-tweet-tweet
Tweet-tweet tweet-tweet"
His neighbor the cat is a real swinger, too
He goes:
"Meow-meow-meow-meow-meow-meow-meow"
As cool as the mouse who digs on his cheese
He goes:
"Squeak squeak-squeak-squeak
Squeak-squeak squeak-squeak"
And the dog is a-scattin' 'cause he's in his own house
He goes:
"Bow wow wow bow bow wow bow wow-wow"
And the bird in his cage does a buck-and-a-wing
He's dancin':
"St st st st st st st st st st st st st st st st"
Hep cat and his buddies play the minuet
"Do-da-do-dodo, do-da-do-dodo, do-da-do-dodo da da"
As cool as the mouse who digs on his cheese
He goes:
"Squeak squeak-squeak-squeak
Squeak-squeak squeak-squeak"
And the dog is down home, he's got the beat by the tail
He's barkin'
"Bow wow wow bow bow wow bow wow-wow"
When they do this together it's a euphonious whale
"Bow, meow, tick, squeak, meow, bow, meow, tweet tick, tweet"
When they do this together they make a euphonious whale
Written by: Dan Hicks
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