《The Old Gumbie Cat》歌词

[00:00:00] The Old Gumbie Cat - Original Cast

[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

[00:00:13] With tiger stripes and leopard spots

[00:00:17] All day she sits upon the stairs

[00:00:21] Or on the steps or on the mat

[00:00:26] She sits and sits and sits and sits

[00:00:30] And that's what makes a gumbie cat

[00:00:34] That's what makes a gumbie cat

[00:00:40] But

[00:00:42] When the day's hustle and bustle is done

[00:00:44] Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun

[00:00:48] And when all the family's in bed and asleep

[00:00:51] She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep

[00:00:54] She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice

[00:00:57] Their behavior's not good and their manners not nice

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

[00:01:03] She teaches them

[00:01:04] Music crocheting and tatting

[00:01:06] I have a gumbie cat in mind

[00:01:11] Her name is Jennyanydots

[00:01:15] Her equal would be hard to find

[00:01:19] She likes the warm and sunny spots

[00:01:23] All day she sits beside the hearth

[00:01:28] Or on the bed or on my hat

[00:01:32] She sits and sits and sits and sits

[00:01:36] And that's what makes a gumbie cat

[00:01:40] That's what makes a gumbie cat

[00:01:46] But

[00:01:48] When the day's hustle and bustle is done

[00:01:50] Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun

[00:01:54] As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet

[00:01:57] She is sure it is due to

[00:01:58] Irregular diet

[00:02:00] And believing that

[00:02:01] Nothing is done without trying

[00:02:03] She sets right to work with her baking and frying

[00:02:06] She makes them a mouse cake of bread and dried peas

[00:02:09] And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese

[00:02:41] I have a gumbie cat in mind

[00:02:46] Her name is

[00:02:47] Jennyanydots

[00:02:50] The curtain cord she likes to wind

[00:02:54] And tie it into sailor knots

[00:02:58] She sits upon the window sill

[00:03:02] Or anything that's smooth and flat

[00:03:07] She sits and sits and sits and sits

[00:03:11] And that's what makes a gumbie cat

[00:03:15] That's what makes a gumbie cat

[00:03:21] But

[00:03:22] When the day's hustle and bustle is done

[00:03:25] Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun

[00:03:28] She thinks that the cockroaches

[00:03:30] Need employment

[00:03:31] To prevent them from

[00:03:32] Idol and wanton destroyment

[00:03:34] So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts

[00:03:37] A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts

[00:03:40] With a purpose in life and a good deed to do

[00:03:43] And she's even created a beetles tattoo

[00:04:53] So for old gumbie cats let us now give three cheers

[00:04:56] On whom well ordered households depend it appears

[00:05:01] Three cheers three cheers three cheers

[00:05:04] For she's a jolly good fellow

[00:05:12] Thank you my dears