Intoxicated Rat Songtext
von Doc Watson

The other night when I come in, so drunk I couldn′t see
I hooked my toe in the old doormat and fell as flat as I could be

I had me a little old bottle o' booze and I didn′t have no more
When I fell down, the cork flew outta the bottle
And spilled it

There's a little old rat in his hidin' place, he got that whiskey scent
He slipped right up ′n he got him a, ′n back to his hole he went

Says back to his hole he went, back to his hole he went
He slipped right up 'n he got him a, he′s drinkin' it all, ′n back to his hole he went

He slipped right up to my puddle o' gin and he lapped up more and more
He says "Doggone my red-eyed soul, I′m a-gonna get drunk once more"


"I gonna get drunk once more, I'm a-gonna get drunk once more"
He says "Doggone my red-eyed soul, I'm a-gonna get drunk once more"

He washed his face with his front paws and on his hind legs sat
And he′s a-gettin′ pretty high when he winked one eye and he says
"Hey, where's that old tom cat?"

"Now where′s that old tom cat? I said where's that old tom cat?
He′s a-gettin' high when he winked one eye and he says
"Hey, buddy, where′s that old tom cat? I can lick him and his brother"

The old tom cat come a-slippin' in, dashed over to the middle of the floor
The cat jumped over and the rat got sober and he never got drunk no more

He didn't get drunk no more, no he never got drunk no more
The cat jumped over and the rat got sober, poor little feller, and he never got dunk no more