《Skimbleshanks》歌词

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

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

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

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

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

[00:00:23] Has he gone to hunt the thimble

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:09] Skimbleshanks the railway cat

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

[00:01:18] You could say that by and large it was me who was in charge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:09] When skimbleshanks was aboard

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

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

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

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

[00:02:28] 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:03:15] Skimbleshanks the railway cat

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

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

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

[00:03:32] 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

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

[00:03:54] 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

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

[00:04:15] 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