The Naming Of Cats

There's a man over there
 With a look of surprise
 As much as to say
 "Well now, how about that?"
 Do I actually see with my own very eyes
 A man who's not heard of a Jellicle cat?
 What's a Jellicle cat?
 (What's a Jellicle cat?)
 The naming of cats is a difficult matter
 It isn't just one of your holiday games
 You may think at first, I'm as mad as a hatter
 When I tell you a cat must have three different names
 First of all, there's a name that the family use daily
 Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
 Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey
 All of them sensible, everyday names
 There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter
 Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames
 Such as Plato, Ademetus, Electra, Demeter
 But all of them sensible, everyday names
 But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular
 A name that's peculiar and more dignified
 Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular
 Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?
 Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum
 Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat
 Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum
 Names that never belong to more than one cat
 But above and beyond, there's still one name left over
 And that is the name that you never will guess
 The name that no human research can discover
 But the cat himself knows and will never confess
 When you notice a cat in profound meditation
 The reason, I tell you, is always the same
 His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
 Of the thought, of the thought
 Of the thought of his name
 His ineffable, effable, effanineffable
 Deep and inscrutable singular name
 Name, name, name, name, name, name