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