I went a-huntin', took my gun and dog along I went a-huntin', took my dog and gun along I smelled a curious odor, knowed there was something wrong My dog seen something pretty and run it up a dogwood tree My dog seen something pretty, run it up a dogwood tree But something told me, "Go 'way and let that rascal be" I called him, "Kitty, kitty, come down from where you are at" I called him, "Kitty, kitty, come down from where you are at" But when he got down, I knowed that thing wasn't no cat I went to see the gypsy, saw the hoodoo doctor too I went to see the gypsy, saw the hoodoo doctor too They said that polecat's on you and there is nothing I can do