Jellicle cats and used for many of the ensemble characters in the musical. In contrast with the poem, Lloyd Webber's Jellicles possess many kinds of coat-patterns, diverse personalities and individual talents. Also detailed on this page are Chorus characters from the musical "Cats" whose names are from other works by T. S. Eliot, or not directly derived from the poems. The name "jellicle" comes from a previously unpublished poem by Eliot entitled "Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats", where "jellicle cats" is a corruption of "dear little cats" and "pollicle dogs" of "poor little dogs". The term jellicle cats was used by the
What Are They Doing in Heaven? both the verses and the refrain, the first three lines rhyme, and the fourth is "What are they doing now?" or some small variant of that. The author reflects on friends who were burdened in life by care, or by disease, or by poverty; and wonders what they might now be doing in Heaven, without giving his answer. The first known recording of the song is the 1928 one by Washington Phillips (18801954; vocals and zither), in gospel blues style. Phillips' recording was used in the soundtrack of the 2005 film "Elizabethtown". The song has since been recorded many times