Все любители кошек конечно же смотрели классический мультфильм студии Уолта Диснея — «Коты-Аристократы» (Aristocats). Как и в других диснеевских мультфильмах, в нем прекрасная музыка, в том числе, например, заглавная джазовая песня «Все хотят быть кошками» (Everybody wants to be a cat).

Everybody Wants to be a Cat

Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat’s the only cat
who knows where it’s at.
Everybody’s pickin’ up on that feline beat,
’cause everything else is obsolete.

Now a square with a horn,
can make you wish you weren’t born,
ever’time he plays;
and with a square in the act,
he can set music back
to the caveman days.

I’ve heard some corny birds who tried to sing,
but a cat’s the only cat
who knows how to swing.
Who wants to dig
a long-haired gig
or stuff like that?

When everybody wants to be a cat.
A square with that horn,
makes you wish you weren’t born,
ever’time he plays;
and with a square in the act,
he’s gonna set this music back
to the Stone Age days.

Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat’s the only cat
who knows where it’s at;
while playin’ jazz you always has a Welcome mat,
’cause everybody digs a swingin’ cat.
Everybody digs a swingin’ cat.

The Aristocats

Which pet’s address
is the finest in Paris?
Which pets possess
the longest pedigree?
Which pets get to sleep
on velvet mats?
Naturalment! The aristocats!

Which pets are blessed
with the fairest forms and faces?
Which pets know best
all the gentle social graces?
Which pets live
on cream and loving pats?
Naturalment! The aristocats!

They show aristocats bearing
When they’re seen upon
an airing
And aristocatic flair
in what they do and what they say!

Aristocats are never found
In alleyways or hanging around
The garbage cans where
common kitties play, oh no

Which pets are known
to never show their claws?
Which pets are prone
to hardly any flaws?
To which pets do the others
tip their hats?
Naturalment! The aristocats!

Naturalment! Naturalment!
Oh, Naturalment!
The aristocats!

Thomas O’Malley Cat

I’m like a chee-chee-chee-chee-rony like they make at home
Or a healthy fish with a big backbone
I’m Abraham De Lacy
Guiseppe Casey
Thomas O’Malley
O’Malley the alley cat

I’ve got that wanderlust
Gotta walk the scene
Gotta kick up highway dust
Feel the grass that’s green
Gotta strut them city streets
Showin’ off my eclat, yeah
Tellin’ my friends of the social elite
Or some cute cat I happen to meet
That I’m
Abraham De Lacy
Guiseppe Casey
Thomas O’Malley
O’Malley the alley cat

Duchess (spoken): Why, monsieur, your name seems to cover all of Europe
O’Malley (spoken): Well of course. I’m the only cat of my kind.

I’m king of the highway
Prince of the boulevard
Duke of the avant-garde
The world is my backyard
So if you’re goin’ my way
That’s the road you wanna seek
Calcutta to Rome or home, sweet home,
In Paris, magnifique, you all!

Toulouse (spoken): Oh, boy! An alley cat!
Marie (spoken): Shh! Listen.

I only got myself
And this big old world
But I sip that cup of life
With my fingers curled
I don’t worry what road to take
I don’t have to think of that
Whatever I take is the road I make
It’s the road of life make no mistake
For me, yeah,
Abraham De Lacy
Guiseppe Casey
Thomas O’Malley
O’Malley the alley cat

That’s right
And I’m very proud of that
Yeah!