This funny song was inspired by a smart answer to an innocent question. Cheryl and a friend were watching one of Cheryl's cats. The friend asked "what were its parents?", obviously meaning "what breed of cats were its parents", but Cheryl replied: "His mother was a rabbit and his father was a businessman."
Watch out how you phrase questions for Cheryl. 
- His Mother Was A Rabbit And His Father Was A Businessman
- Words And Music By
- Cheryl Wheeler
- His mother was a rabbit and his father was a businessman
- Though he appears to be a cat it doesn't follow if you look again
- He's got a 3-piece pin stripe with little kitty necktie
- For when he needs to look his best
- But if the day is overheating or it's just a business meeting
- Then he doesn't bother with the vest
- He drives a very little '57 Thunderbird convertible
- With all the major credit cards
- He earned his money and his stature as the major spider catcher
- In the offices of Scotland Yard
- Brasil, Miami, everywhere he go
- He bring home little teeny records for his stereo
- He like to dance with the ladies till the dawn is nearly broke
- He drink a little brandy but he doesn't ever smoke
- He says "It's such a nasty habit and I got to do the best I can
- Because my mother was a rabbit and my father was a businessman"
- 10/29/82
- (P) May 23, 2003
- Penrod And Higgins Music / Amachrist Music
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