《Skimbleshanks》歌词

歌曲： Skimbleshanks

所属专辑：Cats

歌手： Andrew Lloyd Webber

时长： 04:44

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Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat (斯金伯山克斯的铁路猫) - Original Cast[00:00:00]

Skimbleshanks the railway cat the cat of the railway train[00:00:05]

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[00:00:23]

We must find him or the train can't start[00:00:25]

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

And the station master's daughters[00:00:30]

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

Saying skimble where is skimble for unless he's very nimble[00:00:35]

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

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

And the passengers all frantic to a man[00:00:45]

That's when i would appear and i'd saunter to the rear[00:00:48]

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

Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes[00:00:56]

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

They'd be off at last to the northern part of the northern hemisphere[00:01:03]

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[00:01:18]

Of the sleeping car express[00:01:22]

From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards[00:01:25]

I would supervise them all more or less[00:01:28]

Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces[00:01:32]

Of the travellers in the first and the third[00:01:35]

He established control by a regular patrol[00:01:38]

And he'd know at once if anything occurred[00:01:41]

He would watch you without winking and he know what you were thinking[00:01:45]

And it's certain that he didn't approve[00:01:48]

Of hilarity and riot so that folk were very quiet[00:01:51]

When skimble was about and on the move[00:01:55]

You could play no pranks with skimbleshanks[00:02:00]

He's a cat that couldn't be ignored[00:02:03]

So nothing went wrong on the northern mail[00:02:06]

When skimbleshanks was aboard[00:02:09]

It was very pleasant when they'd found their little den[00:02:15]

With their name written up on the door[00:02:18]

And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet[00:02:21]

And not a speck of dust upon the floor[00:02:25]

There was every sort of light[00:02:28]

You could make it dark or bright[00:02:30]

And a button you could turn to make a breeze[00:02:31]

And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in[00:02:34]

And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze[00:02:38]

Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly[00:02:41]

Do you like your morning tea weak or strong[00:02:45]

But i was just behind him and was ready to remind him[00:02:48]

For skimble won't let anything go wrong[00:02:51]

When they crept into their cosy berth and pulled up the counterpane[00:02:56]

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

To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice[00:03:06]

They can leave all that to the railway cat[00:03:09]

The cat of the railway train[00:03:13]

Skimbleshanks the railway cat[00:03:15]

The cat of the railway train[00:03:20]

In the watches of the night i was always fresh and bright[00:03:25]

Every now and then i'd have a cup of tea[00:03:29]

With perhaps a drop of scotch while i was keeping on the watch[00:03:32]

Only stopping here and there to catch a flea[00:03:35]

They were fast asleep at crewe and so they never knew[00:03:38]

That i was walking up and down the station[00:03:41]

They were sleeping all the while i was busy at carlisle[00:03:45]

Where i met the station master with elation[00:03:48]

They might see me at dumfries if i summoned the police[00:03:51]

If there was anything they ought to know about[00:03:54]

When they got to gallowgate there they did not have to wait[00:03:58]

For skimbleshanks would help them to get out[00:04:01]

And he gives a wave of his long brown tail[00:04:10]

Which says i'll see you again[00:04:15]

You'll meet without fail on the midnight mail[00:04:18]

The cat of the railway train[00:04:21]