"Under His Hat, He Had Things"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Wings" by Cat Faber

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Brother and sister alone for the day,
Bored and befuddled with no games to play;
Too rainy to go out and swing on the swings,
If only we had some more things...

We stare out the window an hour or more;
Suddenly comes a sharp knock on the door.
A fanciful feline steps in with a spring,
And under his hat, he had things!

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	Up speaks the goldfish, quite astonished:
	"Your mother pointedly admonished:"
	"No cats or any other strangers!"
	But we were heedless of the danger.

"Watch," says the cat, "as I stand on this ball,"
"Balancing toys with no trouble at all,"
"All the while flying a kite from a string!"
Under his hat, he had things!
	
	Crashing, collapsing, then there issue
	More words of wisdom from the fish who
	Quips as he wriggles from the rubble:
	"I knew that feline would be trouble!"

Then the cat lifts up his hat to reveal
Two little creatures too cute to be real;
One of them zips, and the other one zings!
Under his hat, he had things!

	No more our rainy day is lazy;
	Things One and Two are going crazy!
	Trashing one room and then another;
	Next time we'll listen to our mother!

"Now," says the cat, "it is time that I go."
How he cleaned up so fast, we'll never know!
What to tell mother?  What story to sing?
Under his hat, he had things!