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[ti:Unknown] |
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[ar:Andrew Lloyd Webber] |
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[al:Cats] |
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[la:en] |
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What's a Jellicle Cat? |
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The naming of cats is a difficult matter |
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It isn't just one of your holiday games |
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You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter |
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When I tell you a cat must have three different names |
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First of all, there's the name that the family use daily |
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Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James |
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Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey |
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All of them sensible, everyday names |
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There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter |
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Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames |
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Such as Plato, Admetas, Electra, Demeter |
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But all of them sensible everyday names |
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But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular |
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A name that's peculiar, and more dignified |
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Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular |
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Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? |
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Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum |
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Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat |
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Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum |
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Names that never belong to more than one cat |
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But above and beyond there's still one name left over |
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And that is the name that you never will guess |
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The name that no human research can discover |
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But the at himself knows, and will never confess |
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When you notice a cat in profound meditation |
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The reason, I tell you, is always the same: |
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His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation |
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Of the thought |
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Of the thought |
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Of the thought |
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Of his name |
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His ineffable, effable, effanineffable |
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Deep, and inscrutable, singular name |
