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Key: C
Intro:
C
Three little kittens
C
Lost their mittens
N.C.
(No, no, boys, boys, wait a minute, wait a minute)
N.C.
(Cindy? We wanted a nursery rhyme tune, but this is nineteen and fifty-one)
N.C.
(We want something up, you know, with a little oomp! in it. Rhythm.)
N.C.
(Well, why didn't you say so, Bob? Let 'er rip, boys.)
Verse 1:
C
Mother Goose gave a ball
D7 G7 C
And everybody was there
C
She hired a band, a great big hall
D7 G7
For the big affair
E7 Am
But the music didn't show up
E7 Am
And things were looking gray
D7 G7
When up stepped the three little kittens
D7 N.C.
And to Mother Goose did say:
Verse 2:
C
"We're the three little kittens, the three little kittens,
D7 G7 C
But we can play the dance
C
Oh Mother Goose, Mother Goose,
G7 C
Won't you please give us a chance "
G7
"Take off your mittens, you darling kittens
C
And you shall have a try"
C
"Meow, meow, we'll start right now"
G7 C
The kittens began to cry.
Verse 3:
C
Well, the three little kittens took off their mittens
D7 G7 C
And they began to play
C
Hey, they stomped it out and there's no doubt
G7 C
Them cats were really okay
G7
They really rocked 'em, they really socked 'em
C
With their swing and sway
C
Meow, meow, they hollered "Wow!"
G7 C
When the kittens begin to play
[Instrumental Break]
C G7 C
C Am G7 C
G7 C
C G7 C
Verse 4:
C
Well, the three little kittens put on their mittens
D7 G7 C
And went to Hollywood
C
Now one played bass, one guitar,
G7 C
And the other one just played good
G7
A lion named Leo heard the trio
C
And signed 'em for a film
C
Meow, meow, they're playing now
G7 C
In a picture at M.G.M
Song History
Published: March 17, 2026
Last Updated: March 17, 2026