I'm a cat, I'm a cat

I'm a Glasgow cat

And my name is Sam The Skull

I've the claws in my paws like a crocodile's jaws and a hide like a farmer's bull

I'm no' the kind of cat that sits on the mat

Nor the kind that you give a hug

But I'm the kind of cat can swallie a rat

Or even the occasional dog

No, I used to roam about in Shettleston

Where they all knew me by sight

"Here's the skull, here's the skull"

You could hear them yell

As they vanished into the night

No, the police stations all around

Have bars on the windie sills

But they're no to keep the prisoners in

They're to keep out Sam The Skull

I'm a cat, I'm a cat

I'm a Glasgow cat

And my name is Sam The Skull

I've got claws in my paws like a crocodile's jaws and a hide like a farmer's bull

No, I'm no' the kind of cat that sits on the mat

Nor the kind that you give a hug

But I'm the kind of cat can swallie a rat

Or even the occasional dog

No, one fine day no' so long ago

They all had had their fill

And they sent for the R.S.P.C.A

To try and catch the Skull

There was nobody could get out when I was about chasing all the weans up the close

Wetling on the shoes

Yodelin' the blues

And nonchalantly pickin' my nose

I'm a cat, I'm a cat

I'm a Glasgow cat

And my name is Sam The Skull

I've got claws in my paws like a crocodile's jaws and a hide like a farmer's bull

I'm no' the kind of cat that sits on the mat

Nor the kind that you give a hug

But I'm the kind of cat that can swallie a rat

Or even the occasional dog

About half past two

The boys in blue

Arrived in their Escort van

Right round the back

One had a sack

The other had a mallet in his hand

I watched them creep to the back of the close

Then I casually strolled to the van

I jumped through the door

Stuck my foot to the floor

Everything had gone to plan

You can hear them say doon Shettleston way, "What became of Sam the Skull?

He had claws in his paws like a crocodile's jaws, and a hide like a framer's bull"

Just you tell them for me that I'm still running free and never a day is dull

It may sound absurd

But I'm livin' wi' a bird in a single end in Maryhill

I'm a cat, I'm a cat

I'm a Glasgow cat

And my name is Sam The Skull

I've got claws in my paws like a crocodile's jaws and a hide like a farmer's bull

I'm no' the kind of cat that sits on the mat

Nor the kind that you give a hug

But I'm the kind of cat that can swallie a rat

Or even the occasional

Paws and all nutritional

Even the occasional dog