The Naming of Cats

[00:07.97] The naming of cats is a difficult matter
[00:11.73] It isn't just one of your holiday games
[00:15.98] You may think at first, I'm as mad as a hatter
[00:19.51] When I tell you a cat must have three different names
[00:23.54] First of all, there's the name that the family use daily
[00:27.32] Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
[00:31.31] Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey
[00:35.66] But all of them are sensible, everyday names
[00:39.46] There are fancier names, if you think they sound sweeter
[00:43.45] Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames
[00:47.21] Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter
[00:51.27] But all of them sensible, everyday names
[00:55.02] But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular
[00:58.89] A name that's peculiar and more dignified
[01:02.53] Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular?
[01:06.23] Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?
[01:10.47] Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum
[01:14.10] Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat
[01:17.70] Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum
[01:21.61] Names that never belong to more than one cat
[01:25.72] But above and beyond there's still one name left over
[01:29.72] And that is the name that you will never guess
[01:33.20] The name that no human research can discover
[01:37.09] But the cat himself knows and will never confess
[01:41.26] When you notice a cat in profound meditation
[01:44.96] The reason, I tell you, is always the same
[01:48.54] His mind is engaged in rapt contemplation
[01:52.41] Of the thought, of the thought
[01:55.67] Of the thought of his name
[01:59.11] His ineffable, effable, effanineffable
[02:07.22] Deep and inscrutable singular name
[02:14.54] Name, name, name, name, name, name
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