The Tortoiseshell Cat

Patrick Reginald Chalmers

1872 to 1942

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