A Funny Song for Coffee Drinkers (Sung to ‘Memory’ from ‘Cats’)

Sung to ‘Memory’ from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Cats’, this poem celebrates the cruciality (is that a word?) of coffee, and its centrality to life.

‘Karaoke’ is at the end to sing along. Can you sing it? What’s written is a shortened version compared to the music.

I’m waiting for the day that a cover is done with full braggadocio of an italian tenor. 🙂


Coffee,
When I wake in the morning,
When thy ‘roma’s adorning
All my moments awake,
I remember the time I knew what happiness was,
When in pouring,
Thee I take.

From my bedside, hair dishevelled,
Launch I too thee enbaggéd
In the filter, then with some hot water,
I sink back full relaxéd.

Coffee,
Thou Brazilian glory,
Thou inspireth my story
And rechargeth my life,
And without thee I’ll never know what happiness is,
And no other,
I’ll contrive.



Where’s the best place you’ve had coffee?  For me it’s a little French cafe in Alexandria, VA, where their cappuccino is something I dream about. Step aside, Starbucks. 😉

Image cc Linh H. Nguyen

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Dominic de Souza

Geeks over epics, mystics, science, the angelic, & movies. I am riveted by the Catholic frontier between faith, science, and history. I converted from radical traditionalism by a strange route – through archaeology. That led me to quantum physics, psychoanalysis and mythology, evolution and angels, and our Holy Father Pope Francis. I believe it’s important to read widely, from all sides, and to celebrate the good, true, and beautiful wherever it is found. See more posts
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