《The Old Gumbie Cat》歌词

[00:00:00] The Old Gumbie Cat - The West End Performers

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[00:00:17] Written by：Lloyd Webber/Eliot

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[00:00:34] I have a Gumbie Cat in mind

[00:00:38] 我的心中有一只格姆比猫

[00:00:38] Her name is Jennyanydots

[00:00:42] 她叫珍妮点点

[00:00:42] Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots

[00:00:51] 她的大衣是虎斑色的，上面有虎斑和豹斑。

[00:00:51] All day she sits upon the stair or on the step or on the mat

[00:00:59] 她整天坐在楼梯上或者台阶上或者地毯上

[00:00:59] She sits and sits and sits and sits

[00:01:04] 她一动不动地坐着

[00:01:04] And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:01:07] 这就是为什么一只甘比猫

[00:01:07] That's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:01:14] 这就是为什么一只甘比猫

[00:01:14] But

[00:01:15] 但是

[00:01:15] When the day's hustle and bustle is done

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[00:01:18] Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun

[00:01:21] 甘比猫的工作才刚刚开始

[00:01:21] And when all the family's in bed and asleep

[00:01:25] 当一家人都躺在床上睡着了

[00:01:25] She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep

[00:01:27] 她卷起裙子躲到地下室去

[00:01:27] She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice

[00:01:31] 她非常关心老鼠的行踪

[00:01:31] Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice

[00:01:34] 他们的行为不好他们的态度也不好

[00:01:34] So when she has got them lined up on the matting

[00:01:37] 所以当她让他们在地毯上排好队

[00:01:37] She teaches them music crocheting and tatting

[00:01:43] 她教他们音乐编织和梭织

[00:01:43] I have a Gumbie Cat in mind

[00:01:47] 我的心中有一只格姆比猫

[00:01:47] Her name is Jennyanydots

[00:01:51] 她叫珍妮点点

[00:01:51] Her equal would be hard to find

[00:01:55] 难以找到与她媲美的人

[00:01:55] She likes the warm and sunny spots

[00:02:00] 她喜欢温暖阳光充足的地方

[00:02:00] All day she sits beside the hearth or on the bed or on my hat

[00:02:08] 她整天坐在炉边或床上或我的帽子上

[00:02:08] She sits and sits and sits and sits

[00:02:12] 她一动不动地坐着

[00:02:12] And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:02:16] 这就是为什么一只甘比猫

[00:02:16] That's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:02:22] 这就是为什么一只甘比猫

[00:02:22] But

[00:02:24] 但是

[00:02:24] When the day's hustle and bustle is done

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[00:02:26] Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun

[00:02:30] 甘比猫的工作才刚刚开始

[00:02:30] As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet

[00:02:33] 因为她发现老鼠永远不会安静下来

[00:02:33] She is sure it is due to irregular diet

[00:02:36] 她确信这是饮食不规律造成的

[00:02:36] And believing that nothing is done without trying

[00:02:39] 相信不努力什么都做不成

[00:02:39] She sets right to work with her baking and frying

[00:02:43] 她准备好开始她的烘焙和煎炸

[00:02:43] She makes them a mouse cake of bread and dried peas

[00:02:46] 她用面包和干豌豆给他们做了老鼠蛋糕

[00:02:46] And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese

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[00:03:20] I have a Gumbie Cat in mind

[00:03:24] 我的心中有一只格姆比猫

[00:03:24] Her name is Jennyanydots

[00:03:28] 她叫珍妮点点

[00:03:28] The curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knots

[00:03:37] 她喜欢把窗帘绳缠绕成水手结

[00:03:37] She sits upon the windowsill or anything that's smooth and flat

[00:03:45] 她坐在窗台上或者其他平坦的地方

[00:03:45] She sits and sits and sits and sits

[00:03:49] 她一动不动地坐着

[00:03:49] And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:03:54] 这就是为什么一只甘比猫

[00:03:54] That's what makes a Gumbie Cat

[00:04:00] 这就是为什么一只甘比猫

[00:04:00] But

[00:04:02] 但是

[00:04:02] When the day's hustle and bustle is done

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[00:04:04] Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun

[00:04:08] 甘比猫的工作才刚刚开始

[00:04:08] She thinks that the cockroaches

[00:04:09] 她觉得蟑螂

[00:04:09] Just need employment

[00:04:11] 只是需要工作

[00:04:11] To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment

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[00:04:14] So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts

[00:04:17] 所以她是由一群乱来的人组成的

[00:04:17] A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts

[00:04:21] 一群纪律严明乐于助人的童子军

[00:04:21] With a purpose in life and a good deed to do

[00:04:24] 有了人生的目标做了一件好事

[00:04:24] And she's even created a beetles tattoo

[00:04:46] 她甚至做了一个甲壳虫纹身

[00:04:46] So for old Gumbie Cats let us give three cheers

[00:04:49] 所以让我们为Gumbie猫队欢呼三声

[00:04:49] On whom well ordered households depend it appears

[00:04:54] 看起来秩序井然的家庭依赖于他们

[00:04:54] Three cheers three cheers three cheers

[00:04:57] 欢呼三声

[00:04:57] For she's a jolly good fellow

[00:05:03] 因为她是个快乐的好人

[00:05:03] Thank you my dears

[00:05:08] 谢谢你我亲爱的朋友