What I learned at Methuen High School.

This poet wrote and animated this.  The version I originally saw was in a book, so in my mind the tune sung by the cat was a bit more up-beat.  The author, who reserves in my opinion to select the proper tune, has chosen a delta-blues version.  Slack-jawed, my friend Darren who laughed until he cried when I showed the illustration and poem him at the end of that fateful school library aisle made me realize that life is not all roses, and we're in for a wild ride.  I learned this at age 14.. and yes, it's been a wild ride.

http://www.eatmousies.com/intro.html
If you analyze this (as I always do) with Spock, it gets darker and darker.  I think the real Joker from Batman became insane after understanding it to it's fullest (aka Grok it).

And then there's this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt4zvJNXbdI



If you were interested in the lyrics:

Cat, I'm a Kitty Cat.
Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance (x6)

PURR-OVOCOTIVE POSING!
PURR-OVOCOTIVE POSING!

Cat, Im a titty tat, and I ,meow meow meow, and I meow meow meow
Cat, Im a kitty cat, and I ,meow meow meow, and I meow meow meow
Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance (x2)

I say sexy things to myself while i'm... Daaancing!
I say sexy things to myself while I'm... Daaancing!

PURR-OVOCOTIVE POSING!
PURR-OVOCOTIVE POSING!

Cat, im a pitty pat, and I boop boop boop beedee beep bop bop
Cat, Im a kitty cat, and I ,meow meow meow, and I meow meow meow
Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance
Cat, Im a kitty cat, and I ,meow meow meow, and I meow meow meow
Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance