The Rt. Rev’d Hildegaard-Marie von Rothschild Westchester de Haviland Gardner

Let me introduce my Cats

Shadow

Mr Thirsty

Sophia

Lawrence

Highland Shepherd Resources

Scratch a cat and you will have a permanent job.
 

Background:

The In and Out Song

by

Garrison Keillor

in

Songs of the Cat

onsignor’s

ats

The naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn’t just one of

your holiday games.

:T.S. Eliot

Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier ’n puttin’ it back.
:Will Rogers

Well, I wanta go out!

Open that door if you love me!

Gotta go out

– wanta breathe the air.

I gotta get loose

with that blue sky above me

I’ve been here long enough;

I gotta be there...

I want to come in!

What’s the matter?

Can’t you hear me?

Wanta come in; I am your cat

I gotta get warm

with the people I love dearly

I’ve been gone a long long time

and now I’m back...

I want to go out...

I’m an independent creature!

I am a cat with a wandering eye.

It’s a call of the wild

– I gotta get back to nature.

These paws are made for walking

and now its time...

Ok, I’m back.

But not for long; I’ll soon be gone.

Give me a bite now

– and I’m on my way.

Now open that door

and I’ll – good grief it’s snowin’!

Open up, let me in!

I’m back to stay.

Well, now it’s stopped;

so thanks for all your lovin’.

Gotta hop that freight

– I’m a rambling guy.

Gotta hit that road

– it’s in my blood or something.

I know you’ll understand,

So please don’t cry...

Hello, it’s me.

I knew you’d probably miss me.

So I came back

– cuz I missed you so.

But I can’t stay long

– so kindly come and kiss me.

I think I hear that

lonesome whistle blow...

I’m on my way...

gotta leave my Mom and Daddy...

gotta say good-bye...

wanta hear that high away hum.

Now I’m all alone

– I’m feeling so unhappy.

It’s time that I went back

where I came from...

Yes it’s time to go back.

Time to put that road behind me.

I drift away

– but I’m going back now.

It’s a little white house

it’s that Picket fence and the ivy...

I’ll scratch on the door – meow –

It’s me! Let me in!

I can hear you talkin’ in there!

to

The trouble with a kitten is that
Eventually it becomes a cat.
:Ogden Nash
to

No matter how hard you try,
you can’t baptize cats!

:Anon.

to

To err is human, to purr is feline.

:Robert Byrne

to

In the dark all cats are grey.
:Ben Franklyn

to

     Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain’t so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.

:Mark Twain

to    

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose. 

:Garrison Keillor