A Song About Gabriel by Ruth (Monty’s Mom)

 
This is a song by Ruth (Monty’s Mom): Gabriel the Cat’s Song. Ruth has been very sweet to me in writing and singing a song about Gabriel, my semi-feral (now more domesticated) kitten who I am fostering but will adopt. It brought a tear to my eye because when we adopt a cat it changes our lives and the life of the cat. We are their world. There is a big responsibility.

If you don’t know Ruth’s abilities, she has a nice singing voice and she likes to compose. This is her little song about Gabriel:


 
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Quite a long time ago Ruth composed a song about Simon, the brave ship’s cat who won the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the human Victoria Cross (VC).

There is a religious context. Gabriel is a Hebrew name meaning (according to Wikipedia) “Able-bodied one of God” or “messenger of God”.

I believe I am correct in saying that Ruth is a religious person. I am not. Perhaps Gabriel will help me find my God.

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19 thoughts on “A Song About Gabriel by Ruth (Monty’s Mom)”

    • Thanks Ahsan! I just saw this– I’ve been busy. I sent it to Michael because I’d thought of it and thought he might like it. I didn’t know he was going to put it on the site.

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  1. What a lovely voice Ruth has, and such a nice little song for Gabriel. I see you have committed yourself to adopting him Michael, good for you, you are meant to be together 🙂

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    • Monty has a song. It’s his name sung over and over to the tune of “Good Night Ladies.” It means I’m going to feed him. So now if I sing anything he thinks food might be coming. Why else would I sing but to call him to dinner?

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      • Wow, I didn’t even know you had put this on PoC, Michael until just now! How funny. I recorded that with my iPhone sitting in my car in a parking lot because the words had just suddenly clicked for me and I didn’t want to forget them.

        Sorry, the tune was not composed especially for Gabriel. It’s from a Christmas/Advent piece I composed many years ago called “God Sent the Angel Gabriel” and it tells the story of Mary and the Angel Gabriel.

        So it was written for your cat’s namesake. I figured that could make it his as well.

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