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Music of the Cat by Robert Wynne Music: "Music of the Night" from the musical Phantom of the Opera © 2000 Meowing, slinking Hide under the sofa Running aimless Under and then over Stop to lick your fur Then remember where you were And give out a plaintive mew And crouch down flat And start to make the music of the cat Prancing, pawing Partake any pleasure Balls of yarn are Such a priceless treasure Toss it in the air Then pretend that you don't care If a human observes you engaged in that For they can't hear the music of the cat Close your eyes and surrender to an hours sleep Twitch your ear lest they think that you don't hear Warm and safe on the top of the TV Only cats can know the true meaning of free Prowling, pouncing Rub against a pants leg Wishing, hoping But far too proud to beg Curl up in a lap Take yourself another nap And if they stroke your fur You'll purr for that And once more make the music of the cat
I wrote this one day while observing one of my cats being playful, unaware that I was watching. The moment she DID realize, she suddenly became very dignified and intent on washing her paw. I know too many parodies of this tune have been written already, but it really seemed to fit. This song was published in the Contata 3 songbook
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