CHORUS - everybody sing!
but the cat came back, the very next day;
thought he was a gonner, but the cat came back,
'cause he wouldn't stay awaaaay.

a great version of this is by ex-Austinites
'Trout Fishing in America', now firmly ensconced in Arkansas

well, the cat's a she, not a he, and she's fed by our neighbor ,
but she has managed to worm her way into our lives...
and she keeps coming back!