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Marquis: archy and mehitabel
but he knew i was just off
and it helped him
i wpuld like to see
one of your modern
theatre cats
act a dog so well
that it would convince
a trouper like jo Jefferson
but they haven t got it
nowadays
they haven t got it
here
jo Jefferson had it he had it
here
i come of a long line
of theatre cats
my grandfather
was with forrest
he had it he was a real trouper
my grandfather said
he had a voice
that used .to shake
the ferryboats
on the north river
once he lost his beard
and my grandfather
dropped from the
fly gallery and landed
under his chin
and played his beard
for the rest of the act
you don t see any theatre
cats that could do that
nowadays
they haven t got it they
haven t got it
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