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Illustrations
by~Edward Gorey
Below are the illustraions in "Old Possum's book of practical cats", I have scanned some of them, I will scan them all soon.
Another cover of this book
The naming of cats is a difficult matter
It isn't just one of your holiday games
You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three different names
When the day's hustle and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun
She thinks that the mice will not ever keep quiet;
She is sure it is due to irregular diet
The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle
But he'll leap upon your lap in the middle of your sewing
For there's nothing he enjoys like a horrible muddle!
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His manners and appearance did not calculate to please
His coat was torn and seedy, it was baggy at the knees
One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why
And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye
Also see a relative book cover of this poem
Jellicle cats are black and white
Jellicle cats are rather small
Jellicle cats are merry and bright
And pleasant to hear when they caterwaul
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
They're a notorious couple of cats
As knockabout clowns, quick change comedians
Tight-rope walkers and acrobats
And we all say, Oh! Well I never! Was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Macavity's a mystery cat, he's called the hidden paw
For he's a master criminal who can defy the law
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair
For when they reach the scene of crime MACAVITY'S NOT THERE!
Gus is the cat...........
Where the gallery once gave him seven cat calls
But his greatest creation as he loves to tell
Was Firefrorefiddle, the fiend of the fell
Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones
In fact, he's remarkably fat
He doesn't haunt pubs He has eight or nine clubs
For he's the St. James Street cat!
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Back to Old Possum's book of practical cats
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