Hemingway Cats - The Gift Of The Cat With Extra Toe Beans

These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts of the Hemingway cats
6 plus toes that make ‘em polydactyl
Cats all know that his love for them was actual
These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts of the Hemingway cats

1935 on the coast of Key West
The Caption of the ship gifted Hemingway the best
Gift oh a six toed cat with a knack
For catching all the mice with her extra claw attack

Now Ernest Hemingway had such an affection
For 6 toed cats, that he started a collection
Every single litter had the polydactyl gene
Maybe that is why he called them all his “purring factories”

These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts of the Hemingway cats
6 plus toes that make ‘em polydactyl
Cats all know that his love for them was actual
These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts of the Hemingway cats

Now each cat had a celebrity name
There was Hunter S Thompson and Billie Holiday
By 1945 Ernest had more than 20
And in just a few years there would be twice as many

Kittens kittens polydactyl kittens
6 toed Snowball, with her mittens
The OG cat that came off ship when
Ernest saw her right away u know that he was smitten

These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts of the Hemingway cats
6 plus toes that make ‘em polydactyl
Cats all know that his love for them was actual
These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts of the Hemingway cats