Bobby Darin

Lonesome Polecat

Written by: Johnny Mercer/Gene De Paul
Produced by: Ahmet Ertegun
Arranged by: Billy May
Orchestra conducted by: Billy May
Appears on: Two of a Kind LP
Recorded: August 13-22, 1960
Released: February 1961
“What CD is this Darin song on?”

      Bobby:
      I’m a lonesome polecat
      Lonesome, sad and blue
      ‘cause I ain’t got no
      Feminine polecat
      Vowin’ to be true.
      Oo-oo-Oo-oo-Oo-oo-Oo-oo
      Can’t make no vow
      To a herd of cows.

      Johnny:
      I’m a mean old hound dog
      Bayin’ at the moon
      ‘cause I ain’t got no
      Lady friend hound dog
      Here to hear my tune.
      Oo-oo-Oo-oo-Oo-oo-Oo-oo
      A man can’t sleep
      When he sleeps with sheep.

      Both:
      I’m a little old hoot owl
      Hootin’ in the trees
      ‘cause I ain’t got no
      Little gal owl fowl
      Here to shoot the breeze
      Oo-oo-Oo-oo-Oo-oo-Oo-oo
      Can’t shoot no breeze
      With a bunch of trees.
      Why can’t I lose
      These lonesome polecat blues?

Lyrics transcribed by Marilyn Brown and Jane Penny