Old Gumbie Cat-Original Cast Recording/The New Musical Cast

[ti:Old Gumbie Cat (From "Cats")] [ar:Original Cast Recording/The New Musical Cast] [al:Timeless Theatre Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Old Gumbie Cat (From "Cats") - Original Cast Recording/The New Musical Cast [00:00.02]I have a gumbie cat in mind [00:04.76]Her name is Jennyanydots [00:08.92] [00:09.51]Her coat is of the tabby kind with [00:14.08]Tiger stripes and leopard spots [00:18.61]All day she sits upon the stair or [00:23.34]On the step or on the mat [00:26.94] [00:27.46]She sits and sits and sits and sits [00:32.12]And that's what makes a gumbie cat [00:35.31] [00:36.95]That's what makes a gumbie cat [00:40.45] [00:42.92]But [00:43.68]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [00:46.30]Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun [00:49.88]And when all the family's in bed and asleep [00:52.78]She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep [00:55.41]She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice [00:58.47]Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice [01:02.01]So when she has got them lined up on the matting [01:04.93]She teaches them music crocheting and tatting [01:07.97] [01:08.58]I have a gumbie cat in mind [01:13.58]Her name is Jennyanydots [01:17.53] [01:18.05]Her equal would be hard to find [01:22.57]Se likes the warm and sunny spots [01:26.59] [01:27.11]All day she sits beside the hearth or [01:31.67]On the bed or on my hat [01:35.74]She sits and sits and sits and sits [01:40.31]And that's what makes a gumbie cat [01:43.53] [01:45.01]That's what makes a gumbie cat [01:48.49] [01:49.88]But when the day's hustle and bustle is done [01:53.26]Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun [01:56.15]As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet [01:59.23]She is sure it is due to irregular diet [02:02.33]And believing that nothing is done without trying [02:05.31]She sets right to work with her baking and frying [02:08.72]She makes them a mouse cake of bread and dried peace [02:11.58]And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese [02:15.08] [02:46.18]I have a gumbie cat in mind [02:50.86]Her name is Jennyanydots [02:55.22]The curtain cord she likes to wind and [03:00.11]Tie it into sailor knots [03:04.41]She sits upon the windowsill or [03:09.30]Anything that's smooth and flat [03:12.83] [03:13.39]She sits and sits and sits and sits [03:18.15]And that's what makes a gumbie cat [03:21.14] [03:22.65]That's what makes a gumbie cat [03:26.67] [03:28.92]But [03:29.83]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [03:32.20]Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun [03:35.45]She thinks that the cockroaches need employment [03:38.28]To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment [03:41.25]So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts [03:44.37]A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts [03:47.21]With a purpose in life and a good deed to do [03:50.28]And she's even created a beetles tattoo [03:53.56] [05:02.57]So for old gumbie cats let us give three cheers [05:05.74]On whom well ordered households depend it appears [05:10.34]Three cheers three cheers three cheers [05:12.76] [05:13.85]For she's a jolly good fellow [05:18.58] [05:23.04]Thank you my dears