Five Nursery Rhymes for Kittens

I selected these five poems from Paul Gallico's book Honorable Cat (which amazon dot com informs me is out of print) and set them to music as a fun song cycle for my voice teacher. In order of performance, they are

InvitationMP3

Sheet Music on MuseScore

High Voice
Medium Voice
Low Voice
Not on the BedMP3
The Catnip DanceMP3
ChimeraMP3
Run Kitten RunMP3

If you would like to have a recording of yourself singing any of the songs posted here, that can be arranged. A lot of people stop by to listen -- well, you're here, aren't you? The best way to get the lyrics, of course, is to buy the book. Search for the title at amazon dot com and buy a used copy.

The MP3 versions of the above songs have a synthesized voice singing the text. If you'd like to know how I synthesized the voice, click here. It's a Mac thing.

Here's a silly alphabet song I used to sing to my kitty (named Amanda): MP3 An apology to the Canadians: I don't say "zed" at the end. Sorry.

Here's a duet I wrote for two of my favorite kitties, Tomás and Missy: MP3

Here's a duet I wrote for Lulu (another of my favorite kitties) and Rusty (one of my favorite doggies): MP3

Here's a trio I wrote for Bruno, another of my favorite doggies. If you've ever seen "Homeward Bound", Bruno is like Chance, and Rusty is like Shadow. MP3

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