Turning MUSIC Into MEDICINE -- Frog & Feather Music: Songs
I Killed Chatty Cathy
(copyright 1984, C. Gagnon / B. Ramirez)
Song theme -- A living doll
Do you remember Chatty Cathy she was swell
Lots of little girls knew that dolly well
On the back of her neck was a ring
Pull it out and she would say one of twelve things.
For awhile it was fun to hear her say
"Hi, my name is Chatty, do want to play?"
But over and over the same twelve lines
I just couldn't stand it Chatty had to die.
Chorus:
I killed Chatty Cathy
I cut her string
I killed Chatty Cathy
Now she doesn't say a thing
Now she doesn't say a thing.
The kiddies don't know that it was me that night
That snuck into the toy box and took Chatty's life
A pair of schoolroom scissors lying on the floor
Just one snip and Cathy wasn't chatty anymore.
She wasn't such a bad doll except for her voice
But hearing it ten thousand times I had no choice
It was either me or her I will plead
The grown-ups in the jury will forgive my evil deed.
Chorus:
Repeat
Yes I'm the one, I killed that doll.
I cut her string. Her voice made me climb the walls.
Now she doesn't say a thing, not a single thing.
No one will ever know what I have done.
I killed that doll, yes I'm the one.
Daddy, daddy, where's my Chatty Cathy?