The Tortoiseshell Cat
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
1872 to 1942
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The tortoiseshell cat,
She sits on the mat,
As as a sunflower she;
In orange and black you her wink,
And her waistcoat’s white and her nose pink,
And her eyes are as green as the sea.
But all is vanity, all the way;
Twilight’s coming close of day,
And every cat in the twilight’s gray,
Every possible cat.
The tortoiseshell cat,
She is smooth fat,
And we call her Josephine,
Because she weareth her back
This coat of colours, this raven black,
red of tangerine;
But all is vanity, all the way;
Twilight follows the brightest day,
And every cat in twilight’s gray,
Every possible cat.