Tobermory
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If I were inclined toward the wearing of hats,
I'd surely doff mine to your songs about cats.
If this were a contest, it's doubtless, indeed -
I'll admit, to your wit, I would surely concede.
With sincere apologies to Michael Brewer and Tom Shipley's One Toke Over The Line - 1CatOverTheLine - written by The Evil Snowshoe (for accompaniment by electric tuba):
I'm a-waitin' for the train that goes home, sweet Mary,
Hopin' that the train is on time; I'm
Sittin' downtown at the no-kill shelter,
One cat over the line.
I got Birmans, Burmese,
Siamese and Tonkinese,
Javanese and Balinese too;
I got Weegies and moggies
Bigger than doggies,
I've even got the Evil Snowshoe.
I buy Friskies an' Fancy
Feast by the truckload,
Kitty litter comes by rail;
I got kitties in the bedrooms
Kitties in the closet,
I've even bought some kitties by mail.
When the Great Speckled Bird comes
To call me to Judgment
I'm gonna have to tell Her I'll be late;
I gotta scoop them boxes and
Feed them foxes, an'
The kitties get their Greenies at eight.
I'm one cat over the line, sweet Mary
One cat over the line; I'm
Sittin' downtown at the no-kill shelter,
One cat over the line.
I'm just waitin' for a sale to come along at PetsMart,
Hopin' that the prices are fine, I'm
Sittin' downtown at the no-kill shelter,
One cat over the line,
One cat, One cat over the line.
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1CatOverTheLine
, it brought me a lot of smiles and laughs!
Tobermory
- This wins the crown! As Howard Johnson said during the new Sheriff's arrival at Rock Ridge, "let me extend a laurel - and hearty handshake."
Peanut looks quite regal!
Given that being absolutely un-toppable, I'll just post my oldest (current) continuously-sung CatSong - five lines that I've been singing to Peanut for more than twenty-one years. It started out as, "the little orange cat," but grew as he did.
Peanut, Peanut, the big orange cat,
He's not too skinny and he's not too fat;
He's the colour of a new brass door hinge,
The perfect shade for a cat who's or–ange;
He is the big orange cat!
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Tobermory
- That was simply the only cat I could find wearing a laurel wreath. Here's the big orange cat:
I wondered. I thought, perhaps, that it was a photo of Peanut when he was younger...and had a different shaped face...and had shorter fur...and was a slightly different color. Other than that, identical! Peanut—the true Peanut—looks like a cat with gravitas..
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Tobermory
- I'd have been more inclined to credit him with Dignitas than with Gravitas, but I've little doubt that he'd happily represent any of the Roman Virtues.
My new favorite song! I’m gonna be singing this in the car.
Well, we often sing the chorus part of a song we call "Psycho Kitty"
Not sure how many people will know this song, but lookup "Psycho Killer" by "The Talking Heads" on You tube.
It funny, the only word that really needs to be changed in the whole song is Killer to Kitty, and it fits, if you have a, shall we say, "temperamental" cat on your hands!!!
