The+Theater+Cat


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 * =Gus: The Theater Cat =

Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door. His name, as I ought to have told you before, Is really Asparagus. That's such a fuss To pronounce, that we usually call him just Gus. His coat's very shabby, he's thin as a rake , And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake. Yet he was, in his youth, quite the smartest of Cats -- But no longer a terror to mice and to rats. For he isn't the Cat that he was in his prime; Though his name was quite famous, he says, in its time. And whenever he joins his friends at their club (Which takes place at the back of the neighbouring pub) He loves to regale them, if someone else pays, With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days. For he once was a Star of the highest degree-- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">He has acted with Irving, he's acted with Tree. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">And he likes to relate his success on the Halls, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">Where the Gallery once gave him seven cat-calls. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">But his grandest creation, as he loves to tell, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">"I have played," so he says, "every possible part, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">And I used to know seventy speeches by heart. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">I'd extemporize back-chat, I knew how to gag, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">I knew how to act with my back and my tail; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">With an hour of rehearsal, I never could fail. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">I'd a voice that would soften the hardest of hearts, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">Whether I took the lead, or in character parts. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">I have sat by the bedside of poor Little Nell; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">When the Curfew was rung, then I swung on the bell. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">In the Pantomime season I never fell flat, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">And I once understudied Dick Whittington's Cat. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">But my grandest creation, as history will tell, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">Then, if someone will give him a toothful of gin, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">He will tell how he once played a part in East Lynne. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">At a Shakespeare performance he once walked on pat, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">When some actor suggested the need for a cat. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">He once played a Tiger--could do it again-- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">Which an Indian Colonel purused down a drain. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">And he thinks that he still can, much better than most, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">Produce blood-curdling noises to bring on the Ghost. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">And he once crossed the stage on a telegraph wire, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">To rescue a child when a house was on fire. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">And he says: "Now then kittens, they do not get trained <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">As we did in the days when Victoria reigned. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">They never get drilled in a regular troupe, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">And they think they are smart, just to jump through a hoop." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">And he'll say, as he scratches himself with his claws, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">"Well, the Theatre's certainly not what it was. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">These modern productions are all very well, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">But there's nothing to equal, from what I hear tell, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">That moment of mystery <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">When I made history <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em;">As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell." || Simile: A Comparison of two things using like or as.

Rhyme: Two words with endings that are similar or the same.

Alliteration: Repetition of sounds in the beginning of two or more words. || =<span style="font-family: Arial Black,Gadget,sans-serif;">Love You Like A Love Song = Selena Gomez

It's been said and done Every beautiful thought's been already sung And I guess right now here's another one So your melody will play on and on, with the best of 'em You are beautiful, like a dream come alive, incredible A sinful, miracle, lyrical You've saved my life again And I want you to know baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat

I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat

Constantly, boy you play through my mind like a symphony There's no way to describe what you do to me You just do to me, what you do And it feels like I've been rescued I've been set free I am hypnotized by your destiny You are magical, lyrical, beautiful You are... And I want you to know baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat

I, I love you like a (love song baby) love song, baby I, I love you like a (love song baby) love song, baby I, I love you (I love you, I love you) like a love song, baby

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat (like a love song)

No one compares You stand alone, to every record I own Music to my heart that's what you are A song that goes on and on

I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby

And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat

I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby I, I love you like a love song, baby

I love you...like a love song... ||