Lullaby of Birdland III

Note: Featuring a first time split between the AAA and the BAA elements in the Birdsong. Opening with Above Average Aves(AAA) lyrics to Cats musical tune/s: —

Pa Cavity Pa Cavity there’s no one like Pa Cavity
Like the Ma before him
levitation makes a fakir stare
When scene-of-the-crime squad shows
Pa Cavity aint there!

Below Average Aves(BAA, and sound deeper, rougher, a spoof) reply: —

Hee-hee hah-hah.. once a ginger cat
he was very tall and thin but
de trooth is dese days
dat mind and body gorn caved right in

Blackbird got the tipoff when the fly in the pie unravelled to tell of his big mate - Go (blowfly) - who had been around Pa Cavity at the latter’s spot in the mall. Time was getting short so BB raced down there

BB: Getta to the point.!

Go: I am, I am. Cat, riight. Fatcat—dat’s de point. From that spot o’ his in the mall he makes like he’s the sol in solar!

BB: [ with big, mostly false, laugh ] Cream hah?

Go: And, and..

BB: So.. one more time.. what issit ya gonna tell me?

Go: Toldya! Yeah, I was there but I was sniffin out back.. you know what I mean.. I aint gravy train, I’m meat..see.

BB: [ darting forward with a mean beak ] - Want more sniffin, hah, or you’re my meat. Now you gottan hour to fix a time and place fo’ me and this cat.

[ BG: with BB - My threat worked. He got the message this-was-this and that-was-that time. The place was the Blue Poll whose occupier vacated for our meetup. It was on Hedge in the big shady birch neighborhood. I arrived early. First to check out safety. BP’s suggestion of a hedgetop foothold was good. My beady eye had a whole sweep of the surrounds. No furry foe was making a move on me before I was up and outta there. So, in settling to it, I began thinking about the ‘three’ Go had mentioned. Then, suddenly, outta the sky there’s a whizz and a wham right past me. The nearest of misses I do declare. Till sight of this cat hits the alley with a splat! And I’m looking up.. and around.. and all over the ground.. saying to myself.. the birch, I never thought o’ that—the dirty sneakin’ cat. That’s when I heard the BAA break out singing.. as we all watched this cat drag sore limbs and a swish-swish one real mad tail.. ]

hee-hee  hah-hah .. once a
ginger cat very tall and thin
Now jus’ a coupla lives left
then you bet it’s in the bin

PA: Once hah! Yoo aves, yoo aint no fans o’ mine. Get this then—I’m the hidden paw!

BAA — All paw an’ no claw!

PA: Fun-nee.. he-he..

Blackbird(BB): Hello there, glad you could make it.. even with the quelle surprise. Happy Birthday!

PA: Yoo! Yoo, yoo dirty rotten—what didya say, birthday, my birthday, how didya know? Go jus’ said it was a happy returns event.

BB: Mine too, see.

PA: Yours, birthday? I don’t believe this!

BB: Believin’ true is a good thing to do.

PA: [ remorseful ] Yeah. But I nearly er.. hit you. Hey, bird, er blackbird.. look, about before I’m sorry if I er..er—

BB: You frightened yourself more than you frightened me.

PA: [ sitting back down after hindleggin’ for a closer looksee ] A pair of archers.. well blow me down..!

BAA: hee-hee and hah-whatever — All paw an’ no claw — Go blew him down widda fevva.

PA: [ waving his paw at them in the tree ] - Okay Blackbird this is what we do.

BB: Shoot!

PA:
3 coups,
for starters the coup of two,
following on the coup of one,
then, spinning on the head of a dime,
de coup yo’ fatcat done

AAA:

All the world’s a stage,
Anima actors in it
Pa Cavity an olde time rage
Makes the Big Cred winnit

BAA: hee-hee — hear them croon — shaky-shaky-shaky-spear—

PA: [ screams ] Shuddup! Dat’s better. Listen BB I gotta go soon. Next time.. well the AAA I can take, cut the rabble. We’ll do the coup of two an’ what started this whole thing off at the mall and then.. then move fast—

BAA: All paw and no claw—

PA leapt up and took off suddenly, BAA scattered, just as suddenly he stopped and looked back to BB with a fiendish grin saying: They’ll nevah gettit, not inna muntt o’ sparras. I mean what’s the use o’ claws when its only paws you need to dance on the heads o' snakes!!

Which won over the AAA and heard them close out with with a soft rendition of Blackbird bye bye ...

Watch this space..