Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Katz


While luking foah sumding tah dranzlade 2day, Ize
hat da thod dat theah must be sumding happee tah
dranzlade somewhere. Ize discovered dat awn October 7th, 1982, da musical "Catz" opened awn Broadway. Zo, being a kat, Ize thod Ize wud dranzlade a song frum da musical "Catz". Heah iz da lyrics tah "Da Ad-dressing Ov Catz".


You've hurd ov several kindz ov kat
And mye ohpinyon nuhow iz dat
U shud need no interpreter
Tah udderstaynd our kareactor

You've lernd enuff tah tayk da veeyou
Dat catz r vewy mach lyke u
You've seen us both at wuk and gaymez
And learnt aboot our proppah namez
Our habitz and our habutad
Butz haow wud u ad-dress a kat?

Zo fuhst, yur memahree I'll jog
And za: A kat iz nutt a dog

Nuhow dogs pratend dey lyke tah fyte
Dey offden bark, mowa zeldum buyte
Butz yetz a dog iz, awn da holee
Wat u wud kawl a zimpel sowell

Da usual dog aboot da town
Iz mach enclyned tah plahay da clown
And far frum showing too mach pryd
Iz freequintlee undignufeyed
He's suech an ezeegowin lout
He'll answer any hail or showt

Da usual dog aboot da town
Iz enclyned tah plahay da clown

Agin Ize must remind u dat
A dog's a dog, a cat's a kat

Wid catz, summ za wun rewel iz troo
Don't speek 'til u r spoken tah
Myzelf Ize dew nutt howald wid dat
Ize za u shud ad-dress a kat
Butz always bear in mind dat he
Rezentz famileearadee

U bow, and taykin off yur hat
Ad-dress him in dais form: "O' kat!"

Befoah a kat wiyill condazend
Tah treat u az a trusted frend
Summ yiddle token ov esteem
Iz needed, lyke a dishe ov creem

And u might nuhow and denn zupply
Summ caveear, or Strassburg pie
Summ potted grouse or samun payst
He's zur tah hav hiz purrzonul tayst
And zo in tyme u reech yur aim
And kawl him by hiz nayme

Zo dais iz dais, and dat iz dat
And there's haow u ad-dress a kat

A cat's entitled tah expect
Deez evidences ov reespekt
Zo dais iz dais, and dat iz dat
And there's haow u ad-dress a kat


Translation by Toby Speak Version 2.2k
using the sep08.dic dictionary.

3 comments:

Tinyc Tim said...

I love the song; especially cool when Tobeeified. Linda & I actually saw the play in NY many years ago - I had a computer friend who worked the lights and invited us to come down and watch the play from way up in the lighting booth. We peered out onto the stage and saw it all. Very cool.

Pretty amazing that my 8 words added to the 929 made it prime (937) and your HUGE list of 34 more made it prime again (971).

Tobee 'n DeeDee said...

Almozt a towzand, wikud cul! Ize did nutt cownt da wurds myzelv.

BuBe said...

I saw Katz 1x NY and 2X Bushnell - great show and music. Great "Memories"