《The Naming Of Cats》歌词

[00:00:00] The Naming Of Cats - Original Cast

[00:00:08] The naming of cats is a difficult matter

[00:00:12] It isn't just one of your holiday games

[00:00:16] You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter

[00:00:20] When I tell you a cat must have three different names

[00:00:23] First of all there's the name that the family use daily

[00:00:27] Such as Peter Augustus Alonzo or James

[00:00:31] Such as Victor or Jonathan George or Bill Bailey

[00:00:36] All of them sensible everyday names

[00:00:39] There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter

[00:00:44] Some for the gentlemen some for the dames

[00:00:47] Such as Plato Admetus Electra Demeter

[00:00:51] But all of them sensible everyday names

[00:00:55] But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular

[00:00:59] A name that's peculiar and more dignified

[00:01:02] Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular

[00:01:06] Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride

[00:01:10] Of names of this kind I can give you a quorum

[00:01:14] Such as Munkustrap Quaxo or Coricopat

[00:01:18] Such as Bombalurina or else Jellylorum

[00:01:22] Names that never belong to more than one cat

[00:01:25] But above and beyond there's still one name left over

[00:01:29] And that is the name that you never will guess

[00:01:33] The name that no human research can discover

[00:01:36] But the cat himself knows and will never confess

[00:01:41] When you notice a cat in profound meditation

[00:01:45] The reason I tell you is always the same

[00:01:48] His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation

[00:01:52] Of the thought of the thought of the thought of his name

[00:01:59] His ineffable effable effanineffable

[00:02:07] Deep and inscrutable singular name

[00:02:15] Name name name name name name