TOP CAT

Part spoken, part sung — a novelty piece built for performance. Enter at your own risk. Schrödinger's cat is in the building.

(Entry of the Gladiators — Julius Fucik )

"Duh-duh-da-da-da-da-DAAA-da, doot-doot-doot-doot-doot-doot-doot!"

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,

Children of all ages,

Welcome to the greatest show on earth!

Step right up, step right up

May I have your attention, please!

Prepare to be amazed!

The Barnum and Bailey

Is pleased to

Present the bag

Holding Schrödinger's cat

The circus clowns say

Ring Leader Dibble

Don't mess with that cat

You Saying

You Believing

It's both living and dead

Is heads or tails sad

Step right up, step right up

May I have your attention, please!

Pull up a Super position

See reality

Splitting at the seams

Escaping into

Pepé Le Pew quantum dreams

Of

Penelope Pussycat

Prepare to be amazed!

That Barnum and Bailey

That we solved

The answer if we bagged

A living or dead fat cat

Let's take a look

"Ba-ba-ba-bam... ba-da-da-da-da-da... BOOM

Booooo …

Hey Ringmaster --- we all knew there never was a cat

Hey --

Who's the clown

Who let Top Cat out of the bag

Boss it was Benny, Choo-Choo, Spook, Fancy-Fancy, and Brain

So long, Dibble

"Da-da-da-da-da-da-dummm... di-di-di-di, do-do-do-do, de-de-de-de, DOOT!"

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