(Novel Pets)
Walkin’ down the Rue de la Paix,
A monkey in a boater hat,
Two-step with a calico cat,
These novel pets know how to play.
Django’s fingers dance the night,
Gypsy jazz under Paris lights,
The dog whistles a minor key,
While my goldfish hums in three-four time.
Strange companions, sweet and odd,
No cages here, just velvet paws,
Swingin’ through the Montmartre haze,
Novel pets in old Paris days.