《The Old Gumbie Cat》歌词

[00:00:00] The Old Gumbie Cat - The Theatreland Chorus

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

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

[00:00:38] Her name is Jennyanydots

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

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

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

[00:01:03] And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat

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

[00:01:14] But

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:47] Her name is Jennyanydots

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:22] But

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:42] She makes them a mouse cake of bread and dried peas

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

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

[00:03:24] Her name is Jennyanydots

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

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

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

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

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

[00:04:00] But

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

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

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

[00:04:09] Just need employment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:05:03] Thank you my dears