Top Cat Poem by Mary Champion

The fat black cat sat on the mat.
Now tell me, what d'you think of that?
The fat black cat sat on a mat.
That fat black cat just caught a rat.

The rat he thought that he was smart-
he thought he'd take the cat apart.
But that fat cat stretched out his paw
and caught the rat that broke the law.
And now the rat is in the pen.
No way will he get out again.

Ev'ry one remember that…
Nobody messes with the cat.

That obese feline lying there;
reclining on that fat armchair -
oh yeah, he looks like he's asleep,
but that don't mean that he can't keep
his beady eye on any rat
who thinks he'll trespass on the mat.

A rat may plot, a rat may plan,
but ever since the world began,
there's never been a dirty rat
who's any match for that darn cat.
So many sad deluded rats
have fooled a lot of other cats.
But when it comes to this fat guy,
they might as well curl up and die.

Ev'ryone remember that...
Nobody messes with the cat!