《Old Gumbie Cat》歌词

[00:00:00] 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

[00:00:04] Her name is jennyanydots

[00:00:09] Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots

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

[00:00:42] But

[00:00:43] 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

[00:01:08] I have a gumbie cat in mind

[00:01:13] Hr name is jennyanydots

[00:01:17] 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 or on the bed or on my hat

[00:01:35] 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

[00:01:49] 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

[00:02:05] She sets right to work with her baking and frying

[00:02:08] She makes them a mouse-cake of bread and dried peas

[00:02:11] 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 and tie it into sailor knots

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

[00:03:22] That's what makes a gumbie cat

[00:03:28] But

[00:03:29] 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

[00:05:02] So for old gumbie cats let us give three cheers

[00:05:05] 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