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entertain, I will bring a band of catgut 

 and catcall, to accompany you in chorus. 



Air : fpirituofi. 



Cats I fcorn, who, fleek and fat, 

 Shiver at a Norway rat ; 

 Bough and hardy, bold and free, 

 Be the cat that's made for me ! 

 He, whofe nervous paw can take 

 My lady's lapdog by the neck ; 

 With furious hifs attack the hen, 

 And fnatch a chicken from the pen. 

 If the treacherous fwain (hould prove 

 ^Rebellious to my tender love, 

 My fcorn the vengeful paw fhall dart, 

 Shall tear his fur, and pierce his heart. 



Chorus. 

 Qu-ow wow, quail, wawl, moon. 



Deign, moft adorable charmer, to pur 

 your affent to this my requeft, and believe 

 me to be with the profoundeft refpecl, 



your true admirer. 



Snow 7 *. 



* The cat, to whom the above letter was addrefled, 

 jhad been broken of her prcpenfity to kill birds, and lived 



feveral 



