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Thread #8544   Message #53718
Posted By: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca
12-Jan-99 - 06:11 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Neighbour's Cat (Leon Rosselson)
Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson: Neighbour's Cat
On Bruce O's page there is a tune given in ABC called "The Presbyterian Cat". No lyrics are given but the tune itself seems quite singable. Anyone know the lyrics, if any?

I am curious as to what might be the likes, dislikes, and worldly concerns of a Presbyterian cat. I think I have known some cats of a Presbyterian frame of mind -- somewhat puritanical in choice of food, possessed of great personal dignity, and disapproving of novelty and disruption of routine. I have also known many Wiccan cats, mysterious and enamoured of the moonlight and shadowy groves. Siamese cats, of course, are the Evangelicals of the feline world -- active to the point of frenzy, edgy, loud and outspoken, quick to dispute, and neuotic They are convinced there is a conspiracy by humans and dogs to persecute and torment them, to which they must get to the bottom by endless snooping and investigation. I would not be surprised in the least if every Siamese cat in the world is making doomsday plans for the year 2000.

And of course there is the fiddle tune, The Wildcat, which Natalie MacMaster plays on her last CD "My Roots Are Showing." Don't know if it has words either.