CASTIN’ MY SPELL
by Johnny Otis and Marci LeeI took a black cat, a cave bat, and threw them in a pot pot,
pot pot, pot pot
I took a blue snake, a green snake, and tied them in a knot knot,
knot knot, knot knot
I took a hog jaw, a dog’s paw, and hung them on the line line,
line line, line line
I took a horse [whore’s?] hair, a green pear, and made a crazy sign sign,
sign sign, sign signI’m castin’ my spell on you, I’m castin’ my spell on you
I’m castin’ my spell on you, you’ll never never be untrueI took a goat’s tooth, an old shoe, and put them in the ground ground,
ground ground, ground ground
I took an old dish, a dry fish, and made a crazy sound sound,
sound sound, sound sound
I took a goose egg, a frog leg, and hid them in a sack sack,
sack sack, sack sack
I got a Hindu, to tattoo, a genii on my back back,
back back, back backI’m castin’ my spell on you, I’m castin’ my spell on you
I’m castin’ my spell on you, you’ll never never be untrueI took a black cat, a cave bat, and threw them in a pot pot,
pot pot, pot pot
I took a blue snake, a green snake, and tied them in a knot knot,
knot knot, knot knot
I took a hog jaw, a dogs paw, and hung them on the line line,
line line, line line
I took a horse [whore’s?] hair, a green pear, and made a crazy sign sign,
sign sign, sign signI’m castin’ my spell on you, I’m castin’ my spell on you
I’m castin’ my spell on you, you’ll never never be untrueYou’ll never never be untrue
You’ll never never be untrue
You’ll never never be untrue
You’ll never never be untrue
You’ll never never be untrue
One of the best cat tattoos I’ve seen! And I went and looked up that song – what a GREAT tune.
-Andi x
There’s avideo on youtube of a guy playing it on ukelele. My goal is to play it on uke someday too. My favorite version recorded is of course, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates.