cat's melody

Noun

 * 1)  a cacophony
 * 2) * 1860 William Carleton "The Three Wishes; An Irish legend" Irish Life and Character; or, Tales and stories of the Irish peasantry p. 333 (London: Henry Lea):
 * The wife within is sending the curses thick and heavy on me, and the childre's playing the cat's melody to keep her in comfort.