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       The Cats of Ulthar
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          |Sheetmusic| sheet music by based on story by H.P. Lovecraft from
          Halloween Carols
       
       Title: The Cats of Ulthar
       Songbook: Halloween Carols
       Composer: Tune is   O Come All Ye Faithful  by John Francis Wade (1711–1786)
       Lyricist: based on story by H.P. Lovecraft
       Arranger: adapted by S.W. Black
       Date: 2015 S.W.Black
       
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       It's said that in Ulthar
       no one may kill kitties.
       The cat is cryptic
       and sees things men can not see.
       Older than the Sphinx,
       remembering what she lost.
       He's kin to jungle lords,
       heir to their occult hoards.
       Knowing tales best forgotten and lost cities.
       
       Before the burgesses
       forbade killing of cats
       there once was an old farmer
       d'void of sympathy.
       With his wife he took delight
       in hurting felines.
       He would trap and he'd hurt them.
       Killing and maiming kittens.
       Folks always tried to keep cats
       from straying too near.
       
       One day a caravan
       came up with some strangers
       from a foreign culture
       the likes they'd never seen.
       With them was a boy
       alone but for a kitten.
       The boy he loved his kitten.
       Always with his dear kitten.
       Then one day it went missing
       near the farmer's home.
       
       When the boy heard of this
       he mourned for his kitten.
       Then meditated before
       turning to prayer.
       Raising his hands he
       spoke in foreign languages.
       The clouds they took on strange shapes.
       Mysterious, malign'd shapes.
       That night the wanderers
       left the town in peace.
       
       All through town they found
       not a single cat around.
       Not large, nor small
       black, gray, striped, yellow, or brown.
       First they suspected
       the strangers and revenge
       for the dear lost sweet kitten.
       The boy's precious black kitten.
       They went to bed mourning
       their darling kitty cats.
       
       When the cats return'd home
       all the cats were then found.
       Cats large, and small
       black, gray, striped, yellow and brown.
       The cats refused food
       lounging in the sunshine.
       They ate nothing for two days
       Refusing meat for two days.
       The town had no idea
       of what might be found.
       
       They notic'd no light near
       the old farmer's hovel.
       They also heard no sound
       and became curious.
       When they got there what
       they found surpris'd them a lot.
       The old farmer was just bones.
       Beetles crawling from stark bones.
       The questions led them to
       pass the new kitty law.
       
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 (TXT)     - (lyrics.txt) Cats of Ulthar.lyrics (txt)
 (TXT)     - (ly) The Cats of Ulthar
          |Sheetmusic| sheet music by based on story by H.P. Lovecraft from
          Halloween Carols
       
 (DIR) Found on: Halloween Carols
       
 (DIR) Category: Alternate Lyrics to Traditional Carols
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