The Old Gumbie Cat-The Theatrelands

[ti:The Old Gumbie Cat] [ar:The Theatreland Chorus] [al:Cats (Hits from the Musical)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Old Gumbie Cat - The Theatrelands [00:17.16]Written by：Lloyd Webber/Eliot [00:34.33]I have a Gumbie Cat in mind [00:38.01] [00:38.78]Her name is Jennyanydots [00:42.01] [00:42.89]Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots [00:50.60] [00:51.41]All day she sits upon the stair or on the step or on the mat [00:58.84] [00:59.75]She sits and sits and sits and sits [01:03.18] [01:04.00]And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat [01:07.04] [01:07.92]That's what makes a Gumbie Cat [01:13.56] [01:14.38]But [01:15.73]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [01:18.48]Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun [01:21.72]And when all the family's in bed and asleep [01:24.35] [01:25.05]She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep [01:27.92]She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice [01:31.24]Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice [01:34.05] [01:34.63]So when she has got them lined up on the matting [01:37.81]She teaches them music crocheting and tatting [01:40.64] [01:43.22]I have a Gumbie Cat in mind [01:46.56] [01:47.25]Her name is Jennyanydots [01:51.47]Her equal would be hard to find [01:54.96] [01:55.70]She likes the warm and sunny spots [01:59.36] [02:00.14]All day she sits beside the hearth or on the bed or on my hat [02:07.82] [02:08.49]She sits and sits and sits and sits [02:11.94] [02:12.73]And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat [02:15.65] [02:16.82]That's what makes a Gumbie Cat [02:22.14] [02:22.72]But [02:24.24]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [02:26.97]Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun [02:30.08]As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet [02:33.20]She is sure it is due to irregular diet [02:36.40]And believing that nothing is done without trying [02:39.62]She sets right to work with her baking and frying [02:43.00]She makes them a mouse cake of bread and dried peas [02:46.22]And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese [02:49.27] [03:20.01]I have a Gumbie Cat in mind [03:23.59] [03:24.38]Her name is Jennyanydots [03:27.80] [03:28.73]The curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knots [03:36.36] [03:37.02]She sits upon the windowsill or anything that's smooth and flat [03:44.60] [03:45.48]She sits and sits and sits and sits [03:48.85] [03:49.78]And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat [03:53.57] [03:54.41]That's what makes a Gumbie Cat [03:59.62] [04:00.46]But [04:01.32] [04:02.02]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [04:04.97]Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun [04:08.08]She thinks that the cockroaches [04:09.92]Just need employment [04:11.40]To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment [04:14.45]So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts [04:17.82]A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts [04:21.02]With a purpose in life and a good deed to do [04:23.64] [04:24.18]And she's even created a beetles tattoo [04:27.03] [04:46.55]So for old Gumbie Cats let us give three cheers [04:49.56]On whom well ordered households depend it appears [04:54.42]Three cheers three cheers three cheers [04:56.55] [04:57.98]For she's a jolly good fellow [05:01.48] [05:03.89]Thank you my dears