Greg, This song was done by both Doc Watson and Hylo Brown and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys. I've combined a few verses from each and came up with this version. I'm sure there is a few different ones floating around. Doc does it in the key of F. Hylo Brown does it in D. I prefer D so D it is. Anyway, this was my grandmother song. So, I thought I might share it with all in memory of Amy Lucas, my dear old grandmother. Hope everyone gets as much out of it as I do when I play it. Intoxicated Rat Hylo Brown and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys D Well the other night when I came in G just as drunk as I could be D G Got tangled up in the old door latch D A D Fell flat on the floor as I could be I had a little ol' bottle of rum G And I did not have anymore D G The cap came off when I fell down D A D And I spilt it in the floor Well a rat came out from his hiding place and G He got that whiskey scent D G He ran right up and got him a little shot D A D And back to his hole he went And back to his hole he went G And back to his hole he went D G He ran right up and got a little shot D A D And back to his hole he went Well he came out from his hole again G Trotted up to the rum on the floor D G With a little bitty shine he wink one eye D A D And he got him a little drink more Well he didn't go back to his hole that time G He stayed by the pool of gin D G He said "Doggone, my popeyed soul, D A D I'm a gonna get drunk again." Well he didn't go back to his hole G He said "Doggone, my soul, D G I'm only a rat but a doggone cat D A D Can't chase me back to my hole." He washed his face with his front paws G And on his hind legs sat, D G And he's a getting' pretty high when hewinked one eye D A D He says, "Where's that old tom cat?" Now where's that old tom cat? G I said, where's that old tom cat? D G He's a getting' high when he winked one eye D A D He says where's that old tom cat. The old tom cat come a slippin' in G Dashed over to the middle of the floor D G The cat jumped over and the rat got sober D A D And he never got drunk no more. He didn't get drunk no more G No he never got drunk no more D G The cat jumped over and the rat got sober D A D And he never got drunk no more.