Mr. Wolf and Mamabear - Robert Earl Keen

Mr. Wolf and Mama Bear

Were banging on the door

I told 'em once, I told 'em twice

Don’t come 'round here no more

They’ve stolen all our chickens

They killed our neighbor’s cat

Last night I saw 'em talking to

Big Weasel and his rat

It’s such a cozy neighborhood

We love our little town

Lately things ain’t been so good

There’s something goin' down

It happened just a year ago

Someone hired a band

They had a dog and pony show

That got clean out of hand

There was fur and feathers flyin'

The son of the old goat

Said Coon-boy pulled a shotgun

From his worn out overcoat

Bobcat killed Miss Peacock

Coon-boy shot the Mare

While Mr. Wolf smoked opium

And grinned at Mama Bear

Two dead ducks lay there

Beside Miss Peacock on the floor

The fat goose grabbed the telephone

And called the Dogs of War

The guineas begged for mercy

The pigs began to squeal

Coon-boy took the kitty

Jumped in his automobile

Bobcat and the wheelman

The famous Wolverine

Shot out the light

And in the night they faded from the scene

Chief Detective Rambouillet

Did not work for free

And Sheriff Hog was called away

Unexpectedly

The sheriff’s re-election

The murder of the Mare

Might get Hog implicated

With the Wolf and Mama Bear

So Rambouillet took up the case

Then shut it down for good

He bought a house in southern France

But lives in Hollywood

The bodies of the bobcat

And the famous Wolverine

Were found inside a motel room

Outside of San Joaquin

The city council voted

The insurance board to pay

The victims of that heinous crime

Upon that dreadful day

And I watch from the shadows

Where beneath a frosty moon

Mr. Wolf and Mama Bear

Feed on a dead raccoon