CATS - The Naming Of Cats lyrics

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They are proud, however, and they explain to their human visitors<br />

who they are and reveal that cats have three different names:<br />

the one the family uses daily, the more dignified name and a secret<br />

name. It is the cat's contemplation of the latter that keeps felines<br />

in deep thought.<br />

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ALL (Whispering): <br />

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 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 are 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 will never guess <br />

The name that no human research can discover <br />

But the cat 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 rapt contemplation <br />

Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name <br />

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His ineffable, effable, effanineffable <br />

Deep and inscrutable singular name <br />

Name, name, name, name, name, name