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“China Cat Sunflower” is a song performed by the Grateful Dead which was first recorded for their third studio album Aoxomoxoa. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song is typically sung by Jerry Garcia. The first live recording of this song appeared on Europe ‘72, paired (as was typical) with “I Know You Rider”. Lyrically, this song has many literary references, including Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, George Herriman’s Krazy Kat, and Dame Edith Sitwell’s “Polka”. Read on...