New Christy Minstrel -- "The Cat came Back"

I am looking for the lyrics of an old comedic song on a New Christy Minstrel album:

Part of the lyrics go:

I had an old grey cat that I couldn't bear to keep
He spent the night a' howlin and wouldn't let me sleep. . ..

(Various ways of removing the cat are mentioned. . . )

Chorus:

But the cat came back, the very next day
Yes the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away
Meow kitty, meow so pretty.
Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back.


The moral of this story is sad but true
If you have an old grey cat, he's yours until the end.
You'll never drive him off, no matter what you do . . . ..

I remember parts, but I need to put the whole thing back together and need the sheet music to back it up as well.

Thanks for any help!!

I am new to this site.

Regards,

Pennyforyourthoughts

I found four different versions I guess this must be yours:

Well, just like everybody you have troubles of your own
But let me tell you mister of the sorrow I have known!
I had an old grey cat, that I couldn't bear to keep
He spent the nights a-howl'n and he wouldn't let me sleep.

So I put him in a box and I tied it up quite well.
I had some fellows help me and I paid them not to tell.
We put it in a boxcar, the west-bound 7:10
The train pulled away and was never seen again.

But the Cat came back, the very next day
Yes the Cat came back and he wouldn't stay away!
Meow, kitty! Meow, so pretty!
Meow, such a pity, but the Cat came back!

So I took him to the harbour and I put in on a ship.
I bid him bon voyage! for that oceanic trip!
The captain was obligin' and glad to help us out
We tied him to the anchor so that there could be no doubt!

Well, we heard that sad report of that might storm at sea
And though it may sound heartless, I was happy as could be!
The paper said the ship went down beneath a heavy gale
And not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale!

But the Cat came back, the very next day
Yes the Cat came back and he wouldn't stay away!
Meow, kitty! Meow, so pretty!
Meow, such a pity, but the Cat came back!

So I gave him to a scientist, destined for the moon.
The Cat was used for ballast in an outer space balloon!
I guess you know what happened, that balloon's up there still,
And early that next morning, guess what came across the hill??

(Meow! That's right.)

Now, everyone in town was sworn to shoot that Cat on sight.
With that crazy cat around you couldn't sleep at night!
We even formed a posse just to hunt that critter down!
You could hear the guns a-blazin' as they ran him out of town!

But the Cat came back, the very next day
Yes the Cat came back and he wouldn't stay away!
Meow, kitty! Meow, so pretty!
Meow, such a pity, but the Cat came back!

The text is confirmed but pennyforyourthoughts still needs the sheet music, so if any of you can help that would be great!