The Tortoiseshell Cat

Patrick Reginald Chalmers

1872 to 1942

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