[00:04.40]You've heard of several kinds of cat
[00:09.80]And my opinion now is that
[00:14.57]You should need no interpreter
[00:19.61]To understand our character
[00:24.43]You've learned enough to take the view
[00:29.32]That cats are very much like you
[00:34.06]You've seen us both at work and games
[00:39.15]And learnt about our proper names
[00:44.10]Our habits and our habitat
[00:48.44]But how would you address a cat?
[00:58.22]So first, you’ll memory I'll jog
[01:04.98]And say: A cat is not a dog
[01:19.86]Now dogs pretend they like to fight
[01:24.71]They often bark, more seldom bite
[01:29.47]But yet a dog is, on the whole
[01:34.19]What you would call a simple soul
[01:38.95]The usual dog about the town
[01:43.79]Is much inclined to play the clown
[01:48.52]And far from showing too much pride
[01:53.70]Is frequently undignified
[01:58.61]He's such an easy-going lout
[02:03.28]He'll answer any hail or shout
[02:12.84]The usual dog about the town
[02:18.16]Is much inclined to play the clown
[02:22.57]Again I must remind you that
[02:29.18]A dog's a dog, a cat's a cat
[02:39.96]With cats, some say one rule is true
[02:46.93]Don't speak 'til you are spoken to
[02:55.21]Myself I do not hold with that
[03:00.04]I say you should address a cat
[03:04.72]But always bear in mind that he
[03:09.23]Resents familiarity
[03:16.30]You bow, and taking off your hat
[03:23.49]Address him in this form: "O' cat!"
[03:34.51]Before a cat will condescend
[03:38.85]To treat you as a trusted friend
[03:43.72]Some little token of esteem
[03:48.15]Is needed, like a dish of cream
[03:52.85]And you might now and then supply
[03:57.36]Some caviar, or Strasburg pie
[04:01.57]Some potted grouse or salmon paste
[04:06.53]He's sure to have his personal taste
[04:11.65]And so in time you reach your aim
[04:16.34]And call him by his name
[04:26.32]So this is this, and that is that
[04:33.78]And there's how you address a cat
[04:41.52]A cat's entitled to expect
[04:46.98]These evidences of respect
[04:51.18]So this is this, and that is that
[04:58.68]And there's how you address a cat
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