Her coat is of the tabby kind, with tiger stripes and leopard spots
All day she sits beneath the stairs, or on the step or on the mat
She sits, and sits, and sits, and sits, and that's what makes a Gumbie cat
That's what makes a Gumbie cat
But when the day's hustle and bustle is done, the Gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun
When all the family's in bed and asleep, she tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep
She's deeply concerned with the ways of the mice
Their behavior's not good and their manner's not nice
So when she has got them lined up on the matting
She teaches them music, crocheting and tatting
I have a Gumbie cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots
The curtain cord she likes to wind, and tie it into sailor knots
She sits upon the windowsill, or anything that's smooth and flat
She sits, and sits, and sits, and sits, and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat
That's what makes a Gumbie cat
But when the day's hustle and bustle is done, the Gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun
She thinks that the cockroaches just need employment to prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment
So she's formed from that group of disorderly louts
A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts
With a purpose in life and a good deed to do
And she's even created a beetle's tattoo
For she's a jolly good fellow
Thank you my dears.