The Naming Of Cats - Original Broadway Cast

The Naming of Cats - Original Cast of "Cats"
Written by：Andrew Lloyd Webber/Baron Lloyd Webber
There's a man over there
With a look of surprise
As much as to say well now how about that
Do I actually see with my own very eyes
A man who's not heard of a jellicle cat
What's a jellicle cat
What's a jellicle cat
The naming of cats is a difficult matter
It isn't just one of your holiday games
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three different names
First of all there's the name that the family use daily
Such as Peter Augustus Alonzo or James
Such as Victor or Jonathan George or Bill Bailey
All of them sensible everyday names
There are fancier names
If you think they sound sweeter
Some for the gentlemen some for the dames
Such as Plato Admetus Electra Demeter
But all of them sensible everyday names
But I tell you
A cat needs a name that's particular
A name that's peculiar and more dignified
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular
Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride
Of names of this kind I can give you a quorum
Such as Munkustrap Quaxo or Coricopat
Such as Bombalurina or else Jellylorum
Names that never belong to more than one cat
But above and beyond there's still one name left over
And that is the name that you never will guess
The name that no human research can discover
But the cat himself knows and will never confess
When you notice a cat in profound meditation
The reason I tell you is always the same
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought
Of the thought
Of the thought
Of his name
His ineffable
Effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable
Singular
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