Body in the Bag, The

DESCRIPTION: "Our old Thomas Cat died last night. The wife said, "Bury it out of sight.'" The man takes the cat in the bag, but every time he tries to dispose of it, someone returns it. Finally the bag starts stirring; the cat is alive and has birthed kittens
AUTHOR: Bert Lee and R. P. Weston "and the Two Bobs" (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: humorous animal death burial | cat
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "The Body in the Bag"
DT, BODYBG
Roud #24557
NOTES [37 words]: The Digital Tradition lists this as by Charles O'Hegarty. O'Hegarty sang it, but he didn't originate it.
For the long list of songs in the Index by R. P. Weston, or Weston and Bert Lee, see the notes to "Goodbye-ee." - RBW
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