Broadway Cats the Musical - The Naming Of Cats Lyrics
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, Admetas, 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 at 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 name (echo)
Review: Cats the Musical Songs Lyrics
Cats the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS Prolugue: Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats The Naming Of Cats The Invitation To The Jellicle Ball The Old Gumbie Cat The Rum Tum Tugger Grizabella: The Glamour Cat Bustopher Jones Mungojerrie And Rumpelteazer Old Deuteronomy The Jellicle Ball The Moments Of Happiness Gus: The Theatre Cat Growltiger's Last Stand Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat Macavity: The Mystery Cat Mr. Mistoffelees Memory The Journey To The Heaviside Layer Finale: The Ad-dressing Of Cats
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