所属专辑:A Tribute to Cats
时长: 05:28
Old Gumbie Cat - Original Cast Recording[00:00:00]
Written by: T. S. Eliot/Andrew Lloyd Webber[00:00:00]
I have a gumbie cat in mind[00:00:00]
Her name is jennyanydots[00:00:04]
Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots[00:00:09]
All day she sits upon the stair or on the step or on the mat[00:00:18]
She sits and sits and sits and sits[00:00:27]
And that's what makes a gumbie cat[00:00:32]
That's what makes a gumbie cat[00:00:37]
But[00:00:42]
When the day's hustle and bustle is done[00:00:43]
Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun[00:00:46]
And when all the family's in bed and asleep[00:00:49]
She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep[00:00:52]
She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice[00:00:55]
Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice[00:00:58]
So when she has got them lined up on the matting[00:01:01]
She teaches them music crocheting and tatting[00:01:05]
I have a gumbie cat in mind[00:01:08]
Hr name is jennyanydots[00:01:13]
Her equal would be hard to find[00:01:17]
Se likes the warm and sunny spots[00:01:22]
All day she sits beside the hearth or on the bed or on my hat[00:01:27]
She sits and sits and sits and sits[00:01:35]
And that's what makes a gumbie cat[00:01:40]
That's what makes a gumbie cat[00:01:45]
But when the day's hustle and bustle is done[00:01:49]
Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun[00:01:53]
As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet[00:01:56]
She is sure it is due to irregular diet[00:01:59]
And believing that nothing is done without trying[00:02:02]
She sets right to work with her baking and frying[00:02:05]
She makes them a mouse-cake of bread and dried peas[00:02:08]
And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese[00:02:11]
I have a gumbie cat in mind[00:02:46]
Her name is jennyanydots[00:02:50]
The curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knots[00:02:55]
She sits upon the windowsill or anything that's smooth and flat[00:03:04]
She sits and sits and sits and sits[00:03:13]
And that's what makes a gumbie cat[00:03:18]
That's what makes a gumbie cat[00:03:22]
But[00:03:28]
When the day's hustle and bustle is done[00:03:29]
Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun[00:03:32]
She thinks that the cockroaches need employment[00:03:35]
To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment[00:03:38]
So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts[00:03:41]
A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts[00:03:44]
With a purpose in life and a good deed to do[00:03:47]
And she's even created a beetles tattoo[00:03:50]
So for old gumbie cats let us give three cheers[00:05:02]
On whom well ordered households depend it appears[00:05:05]
Three cheers three cheers three cheers[00:05:10]
For she's a jolly good fellow[00:05:14]
Thank you my dears[00:05:23]