《Gus: The Theatre Cat(From ”Cats”)》歌词

[00:00:01] Gus The Theatre Cat - Sarah Brightman (莎拉·布莱曼)

[00:00:02] Written by：A.L. Weber/Trevor Nunn/Richard Stilgoe

[00:00:04] Sarah：

[00:00:07] Gus is the cat at the theatre door

[00:00:13] His name as I ought to have told you before

[00:00:19] Is really asparagus but that's a fuss to pronounce

[00:00:26] That we usually call him just Gus

[00:00:32] His coat's very shabby he's thin as a rake

[00:00:38] And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake

[00:00:43] For he was in his youth quite the smartest of cats

[00:00:50] But no longer a terror to mice or to rats

[00:00:56] For he isn't the cat that he was in his prime

[00:01:01] Though his name was quite famous he says in his time

[00:01:08] And whenever he joins his friends at their club

[00:01:13] Which takes place at the back of the neighbouring pub

[00:01:19] He loves to regale them if someone else pays

[00:01:24] With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days

[00:01:29] For he once was a star of the highest degree

[00:01:35] He has acted with Irving he's acted with Tree

[00:01:41] And he likes to relate his success on the halls

[00:01:46] Where the gallery once gave him seven cat calls

[00:01:53] But his grandest creation as he loves to tell

[00:02:01] Was Firefrorefiddle the fiend of the fell

[00:02:11] Sir John：

[00:02:16] I have played in my time every possible part

[00:02:22] And I used to know seventy speeches by heart

[00:02:27] I'd extemporize backchat I knew how to gag

[00:02:33] And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag

[00:02:38] I knew how to act with my back and my tail

[00:02:43] With an hour of rehearsal I never could fail

[00:02:48] I'd a voice that would soften the hardest of hearts

[00:02:53] Whether I took the lead or in character parts

[00:02:59] I have sat by the bedside of poor little Nell

[00:03:04] When the curfew was rung then I swung on the bell

[00:03:09] In the pantomime season I never fell flat

[00:03:13] And I once understudied Dick Whittington's cat

[00:03:19] My grandest creation as history will tell

[00:03:25] Was Firefrorefiddle the fiend of the fell

[00:03:32] Sarah：

[00:03:38] Then if someone will give him a toothful of gin

[00:03:43] He will tell how he once played a part in East Lynne

[00:03:47] At a Shakespeare performance he once walked on pat

[00:03:52] When some actor suggested the need for a cat

[00:03:57] Sir John：

[00:03:58] And I say now these kittens they do not get trained

[00:04:04] As we did in the days when Victoria reigned

[00:04:10] They never get drilled in a regular troupe

[00:04:14] And they think they are smart just to jump through a hoop

[00:04:19] Sarah：

[00:04:19] And he says as he scratches himself with his claws

[00:04:25] Sir John：

[00:04:25] Well the theatre is certainly not what is was

[00:04:32] These modern productions are all very well

[00:04:37] But there's nothing to equal from what I hear tell

[00:04:43] That moment of mystery when I made history

[00:04:49] As Firefrorefiddle the fiend of the fell