Hey Alice, Save Me a Place

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Hey Alice, can I come to your house today? I’ve got a pocketful of stories and a little time to play The porch boards creak a welcome, the screen door swings wide There’s a whole lot of mischief waiting just inside [Chorus] Hey, diddle diddle, cats play the fiddle Dogs are howling at the moon Hey Alice, save me a place at your table I’ll be there before the afternoon [Verse 2] One cat wears a waistcoat, one keeps the beat The hound on the mailbox has four left feet Your old red wagon’s rattling down the lane And the moon’s grinning back through the windowpane [Chorus] Hey, diddle diddle, cats play the fiddle Dogs are howling at the moon Hey Alice, save me a place at your table I’ll be there before the afternoon [Bridge] If the kettle’s singing, I can bring a pie If the dogs get louder, we’ll sing back sky-high Tell your mama I’ll wipe my shoes at the door Then we’ll laugh till we can’t laugh anymore [Final Chorus] Hey, diddle diddle, cats play the fiddle Dogs are howling at the moon Hey Alice, save me a place at your table I’ll be there before the afternoon Hey Alice, keep that screen door swinging I’m coming down the road real soon