Cat Anjil, a tribute

[A huge white and grey cat, holding a petite cat by the paw and trailed
by the rest of the clowders of the House of David and the House of
Rennie, takes the podium.]

Frendz, fur meny yeers, mine sisfur Laura not only tuk care uv da
gestbuk tabull but alzo played hur flute ana sang hur speshull tribute
song, Cat Anjil. Last yeer, I had tu snif sing da song in hur honur
sinz she had left fur da Rainbow Bridj. Thiz yeer I will sing it, wiff
mine sweet wedwink Kissa, in honur uv hur brofur Vinnie, who wuz Laura's
wedwink. Dey are tugeffur, fureffur, atta Bridj.

We sing, tuu, in honur ov da lovely Miss Violette, hoo left fur da Bridj
during diz Ball, ana hoo wuz a driffin forse inna RPCC.

Ana we sing fur alla catz, hoominz, ana offur beingz hoo departud fur da
Bridj diz yeer.

[Ralph clears his throat, squeezes Kissa's paw, and nods at Alice and
her kitten Jane to pick up their flutes. While they begin to play the
refrain, he and Kissa close their eyes and remember.....then begin to
sing...]

Dat faytul day, da call was herd
Dat tu da Bridj yewd go
I drew yew bak ana we wer saf
Bud den I let yew go-oh-oh.

Cat Anjil, kin yew heer mee?
Cat Anjil, kin yew see mee?
Ar yew sumware up abuv,
Anna am I stil yewr own tru luff?

I noe yew tried tu stay fur me
Ana gif me wun moor purr
A smurgle warm ana heddbutt tuu
Ana grummin uv da fur

Cat Anjil, kin yew heer mee?
Cat Anjil, kin yew see mee?
Ar yew sumware up abuv,
Ana am I stil yewr own tru luff?

Yew wer sick ana tired tuu,
I cudnt mayk yew stay
I'll nefer smuv yewr fur agin
Yewr atta da Bridf tuday

Cat Anjil, kin yew heer mee?
Cat Anjil, kin yew see mee?
Ar yew sumware up abuv,
Ana am I stil yewr own tru luff?

Cat Anjil, ansur mee pleeze....

[As silence falls, an echoing refrain can be heard from the Bridj, led
by Laura and Vinnie and joined by all the cats, d*gs, and others at the
Rainbow Bridge.]

Deer wunz, we kin heer yew
Deer wunz, we kin see yew
We ar weighting up above
Wif ar hartz still filled wif love

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Vinnie's arrival at the Rainbow Bridge as written by his humin, Anti
Heather, and his MIL Anti Gabrielle
www.clowder.net/cats/Vinnie.html http://www.clowder.net/cats/Vinnie.html