《Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat》歌词

歌曲： Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

所属专辑：Memory & More from Cats

歌手： The West End Performers

时长： 04:49

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Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat - The Theatreland Chorus[00:00:00]

Written by：Lloyd Webber/Eliot[00:00:02]

Skimbleshanks the railway cat[00:00:05]

The cat of the railway train[00:00:10]

There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty nine[00:00:16]

When the night mail's ready to depart[00:00:19]

Saying Skimble where is Skimble[00:00:22]

Has he gone to hunt the thimble[00:00:24]

We must find him or the train can't start[00:00:26]

All the guards and all the porters[00:00:29]

And the station master's daughters[00:00:31]

Would be searching high and low[00:00:32]

Saying Skimble where is Skimble for unless he's very nimble[00:00:36]

Then the night mail just can't go[00:00:39]

At eleven forty two with the signal overdue[00:00:42]

And the passengers all frantic to a man[00:00:46]

That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear[00:00:49]

I'd been busy in the luggage van[00:00:52]

Then he gave one flash of his glass green eyes[00:00:57]

And the signal went all clear[00:01:00]

They'd be off at last for the northern part of the northern hemisphere[00:01:04]

Skimbleshanks the railway cat[00:01:09]

The cat of the railway train[00:01:14]

You could say that by and large it was me who was in charge[00:01:20]

Of the sleeping car express[00:01:23]

From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards[00:01:26]

I would supervise them all more or less[00:01:30]

Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces[00:01:33]

Of the travellers in the first and the third[00:01:36]

He establishes control by a regular patrol[00:01:40]

And he'd know at once if anything occurred[00:01:43]

He would watch you without winking[00:01:46]

And he saw what you were thinking[00:01:48]

And it's certain that he didn't approve[00:01:50]

Of hilarity and riot so the folk were very quiet[00:01:53]

When Skimble was about and on the move[00:01:56]

You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks[00:02:01]

He's a cat that cannot be ignored[00:02:05]

So nothing went wrong on the northern mail[00:02:08]

When Skimbleshanks was aboard[00:02:11]

It was very pleasant when they'd found their little den[00:02:17]

With their name written up on the door[00:02:20]

And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet[00:02:23]

And not a speck of dust upon the floor[00:02:27]

There was every sort of light[00:02:30]

You could make it dark or bright[00:02:31]

And a button you could turn to make a breeze[00:02:33]

And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in[00:02:36]

And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze[00:02:40]

Then the guard looked in politely[00:02:43]

And would ask you very brightly[00:02:45]

Do you like your morning tea weak or strong[00:02:47]

But I was just behind him and was ready to remind him[00:02:50]

For Skimble won't let anything go wrong[00:02:53]

When they crept into their cosy berth[00:02:58]

And pulled up the counterpane[00:03:01]

They all could reflect that it was very nice[00:03:05]

To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice[00:03:08]

They can leave all that to the railway cat[00:03:11]

The cat of the railway train[00:03:15]

Skimbleshanks the railway cat[00:03:18]

The cat of the railway train[00:03:23]

In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright[00:03:28]

Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea[00:03:31]

With perhaps a drop of scotch while I was keeping on the watch[00:03:35]

Only stopping here and there to catch a flea[00:03:38]

They were fast asleep at Crewe and so they never knew[00:03:41]

That I was walking up and down the station[00:03:45]

They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle[00:03:48]

Where I met the station master with elation[00:03:52]

They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned the police[00:03:55]

If there was anything they ought to know about[00:03:58]

When they got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait[00:04:01]

For Skimbleshanks would help them to get out[00:04:05]

And he gives a wave of his long brown tail[00:04:13]

Which says I'll see you again[00:04:18]

You'll meet without fail on the midnight mail[00:04:21]

The cat of the railway train[00:04:24]