[ti:The Ad-Dressing of Cats]
[ar:Andrew Lloyd Webber]
[al:貓]
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[00:00.79]The Ad-Dressing of Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber
[00:04.78]You've heard of several kinds of cat
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[00:09.47]And my opinion now is that
[00:13.95]You should need no interpreter
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[00:19.20]To understand our character
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[00:23.94]You've learned enough to take the view
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[00:28.68]That cats are very much like you
[00:33.44]You've seen us both at work and games
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[00:38.42]And learnt about our proper names
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[00:43.33]Our habits and our habitat
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[00:47.88]But how would you ad-dress a cat?
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[00:57.37]So first, your memory I'll jog
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[01:04.48]And say: A cat is not a dog
[01:11.41]
[01:19.96]Now dogs pretend they like to fight
[01:23.96]They often bark, more seldom bite
[01:28.52]But yet a dog is, on the whole
[01:33.19]What you would call a simple soul
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[01:38.06]The usual dog about the town
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[01:42.86]Is much inclined to play the clown
[01:47.54]And far from showing too much pride
[01:52.42]Is frequently undignified
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[01:57.54]He's such an easygoing lout
[02:02.15]He'll answer any hail or shout
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[02:12.26]The usual dog about the town
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[02:17.13]Is inclined to play the clown
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[02:21.37]Again I must remind you that
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[02:28.12]A dog's a dog, a cat's a cat
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[02:38.78]With cats, some say one rule is true
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[02:45.58]Don't speak 'til you are spoken to
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[02:54.01]Myself I do not hold with that
[02:58.56]I say you should ad-dress a cat
[03:03.37]But always bear in mind that he
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[03:07.68]Resents familiarity
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[03:14.92]You bow, and taking off your hat
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[03:22.03]Ad-dress him in this form: "O' cat!"
[03:30.39]
[03:32.89]Before a cat will condescend
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[03:37.45]To treat you as a trusted friend
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[03:42.18]Some little token of esteem
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[03:46.49]Is needed, like a dish of cream
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[03:51.36]And you might now and then supply
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[03:55.66]Some caviar, or Strassburg pie
[04:00.03]Some potted grouse or salmon paste
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[04:04.71]He's sure to have his personal taste
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[04:09.76]And so in time you reach your aim
[04:14.70]And call him by his name
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[04:24.69]So this is this, and that is that
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[04:32.10]And there's how you ad-dress a cat
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[04:39.72]A cat's entitled to expect
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[04:44.90]These evidences of respect
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[04:49.51]So this is this, and that is that
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[04:57.00]And there's how you ad-dress a cat