Cats on the Rooftops

DESCRIPTION: Stanzas on how various animals (people, military stuffed shirts, politicians) "revel in the joys of fornication"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950
KEYWORDS: sex animal soldier bawdy nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SW) Canada Britain(England)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Cray-EroticMuse, pp. 368-372, "Cats on the Rooftops" (3 texts, 1 tune)
Morgan/Green-RugbySongs, pp. 54-56, "Cats on the Rooftop" (1 text)
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, pp. 174-175, "Cats on the Rooftops" (1 text plus some variants, 1 tune)
DT, CATSROOF* CATROOF2*
Roud #10258
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "John Peel" (tune)
File: EM368

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