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Fay Lovsky with Fodor Quintette
Tom cats
Luciano Berio Opus no. Zoo
In the jungle of the city two tomcats
chanced to meet
Omar and Bartholomew, tiptoeing round their beat
Their chests swelled up with envy (oh an envy most intense)
As each spotted his new rival beside a back-yard fence
Bartholomew's great tail (a tail of wide renown)
Made Omar stare insanely, that tail he'd love to own
Bartholomew stared also, he envied what he saw
He yearned to own the whiskers that Omar, proudly, wore!
A howl! Soon broke the silence of that midsummer night.
Like David and Goliath, both cast aside all fright
As cat met cat in battle - in battle - in battle!
Oooh!!!
It was a beastly fight (ooh …)
Both limpted home forlorn
All tails, all whiskers, gone! (oohh …)
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