The Ad-dressing of Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Quotes from book
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It serves as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats.
“For he will do
As he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!”
Source: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
The Naming of Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Gus: The Theatre Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
“When the day's hustle and bustle is done,
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun.”
The Old Gumbie Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
The Song of the Jellicles
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
The Rum Tum Tugger
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
“And we all say: OH!
Well I never!
Was there ever
A Cat so clever
As Magical Mr. Mistoffelees!”
Mr. Mistoffelees
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
The Ad-dressing of Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Context: You now have learned enough to see
That Cats are much like you and me
And other people whom we find
Possessed of various types of mind.
For some are sane and some are mad
And some are good and some are bad
And some are better, some are worse —
But all may be described in verse.
“Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;
He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.”
Old Deuteronomy
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Context: Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;
He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.
He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme
A long while before Queen Victoria's accession.
Old Deuteronomy
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
