《The Old Cumbie Cat》歌词

[00:00:00] I have a Gumbie Cat in mind

[00:00:05] Her name is Jennyanydots

[00:00:09] Her coat is of the tabby kind with

[00:00:14] Tiger stripes and leopard spots

[00:00:18] All day she sits upon the stair or on

[00:00:23] The step or on the mat

[00:00:27] She sits and sits and sits and sits

[00:00:32] And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:00:37] That's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:00:43] But

[00:00:44] When the day's hustle and bustle is done

[00:00:46] Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun

[00:00:49] And when all the family's in bed and asleep

[00:00:52] She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep

[00:00:55] She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice

[00:00:58] Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice

[00:01:01] So when she has got them lined up on the matting

[00:01:05] She teaches them music crocheting and tatting

[00:01:09] I have a Gumbie Cat in mind

[00:01:13] Her name is Jennyanydots

[00:01:18] Her equal would be hard to find

[00:01:22] Se likes the warm and sunny spots

[00:01:27] All day she sits beside the hearth

[00:01:31] Or on the bed or on my hat

[00:01:36] She sits and sits and sits and sits

[00:01:40] And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:01:45] That's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:01:50] But When the day's hustle and bustle is done

[00:01:53] Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun

[00:01:56] As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet

[00:01:59] She is sure it is due to irregular diet

[00:02:02] And believing that nothing is done without trying

[00:02:06] She sets right to work with her baking and frying

[00:02:08] She makes them a mouse-cake of

[00:02:10] Bread and dried peas

[00:02:12] And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese

[00:02:46] I have a Gumbie Cat in mind

[00:02:50] Her name is Jennyanydots

[00:02:55] The curtain cord she likes to wind

[00:02:59] And tie it into sailor knots

[00:03:04] She sits upon the windowsill or

[00:03:09] Anything that's smooth and flat

[00:03:13] She sits and sits and sits and sits

[00:03:18] And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:03:23] That's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:03:29] But

[00:03:30] When the day's hustle and bustle is done

[00:03:32] Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun

[00:03:35] She thinks that the cockroaches need employment

[00:03:38] To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment

[00:03:41] So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts

[00:03:44] A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts

[00:03:47] With a purpose in life and a good deed to do

[00:03:50] And she's even created a Beetles Tattoo

[00:05:03] So for old Gumbie Cats let us give three cheers

[00:05:06] On whom well ordered households depend it appears

[00:05:10] Three cheers three cheers three cheers

[00:05:14] For she's a jolly good fellow

[00:05:23] Thank you my dears