[Verse 1]
I'm a chap who wonders and I wonder why I do
There's lots of things, it's true, I wish I really knew
But there's one puzzle puzzles me, and it would be a blessing
If you would help to solve it for it's really got me guessing

[Chorus]
What happened to the Manx cat's tail?
Manx cat's tail, Manx cat's tail
Poor old cat, it seems all wrong
Has to wag his little nothing all day long
Meow; tell me how and when did they begin?
What happened to the Manx cat's tail?
Did they chop it off or tuck it in?

[Verse 2]
It's so sad to think that all the pussycats and toms
And terriers and Poms can wag their to-and-from
While the Manx cats have no tails at all - a thing at which one shudders!
How do they steer themselves at night without their little rudders?

[Chorus]
What happened to the Manx cat's tail?
Manx cat's tail, Manx cat's tail
Poor old cat, it seems all wrong
Has to wag his little nothing all day long
Meow; tell me how and when did they begin?
What happened to the Manx cat's tail?
Did they chop it off or tuck it in?