I'm a Red Cat till I die, I'm a Red Cat through and through
You can't turn me yellow and you can't make me blue
You can't make me do things I know it's wrong to do
I'm a (Red Cat till I die I'm telling you
A bunch of sneaking deputies came a-snooping round
They grabbed me in the alley whilst I was laying down
They threw me in the wagon and then they ran me in
They locked me in the jailhouse with all my hobo friends
Saying, "Where's that rat named Lefty? Where's that frog named Tom?
Been agitating lately and spreading great alarm.
The cows walked out this morning, now the hens won't lay,"
Said, "You're going to wreck this country and it ain't the American way."
I said I ain't no strikebreaker and I ain't no stoolie rat
Won't squeal on Tom and Lefty, won't say where they're at
You can't scare me copper, and I don't care what you do
I'm a Red Cat till I die I'm telling you
Now, you think you're hard-boiled, you're just yellow inside
My daddy always warned me, now I know he's right
You're just cowards hiding behind a little tin star
The people are starting to realize what a bunch of clowns you are
I might have been a banker without the least excuse
I might have been the President, but tell me what's the use
Might have been an FBI man but I ain't no Peeping Tom
Might have been a deputy and put my white sheet on
But I'm a Red Cat till I die, I'm a Red Cat through and through
I won't fight your rich man's war and kill poor folks for you
You can't make me do things I know it's wrong to do
I'm a Red Cat till I die I'm telling you
You can't turn me yellow and you can't make me blue
You can't make me do things I know it's wrong to do
I'm a (Red Cat till I die I'm telling you
A bunch of sneaking deputies came a-snooping round
They grabbed me in the alley whilst I was laying down
They threw me in the wagon and then they ran me in
They locked me in the jailhouse with all my hobo friends
Saying, "Where's that rat named Lefty? Where's that frog named Tom?
Been agitating lately and spreading great alarm.
The cows walked out this morning, now the hens won't lay,"
Said, "You're going to wreck this country and it ain't the American way."
I said I ain't no strikebreaker and I ain't no stoolie rat
Won't squeal on Tom and Lefty, won't say where they're at
You can't scare me copper, and I don't care what you do
I'm a Red Cat till I die I'm telling you
Now, you think you're hard-boiled, you're just yellow inside
My daddy always warned me, now I know he's right
You're just cowards hiding behind a little tin star
The people are starting to realize what a bunch of clowns you are
I might have been a banker without the least excuse
I might have been the President, but tell me what's the use
Might have been an FBI man but I ain't no Peeping Tom
Might have been a deputy and put my white sheet on
But I'm a Red Cat till I die, I'm a Red Cat through and through
I won't fight your rich man's war and kill poor folks for you
You can't make me do things I know it's wrong to do
I'm a Red Cat till I die I'm telling you