Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat-The Theatrelands

[ti:Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat] [ar:The Theatreland Chorus] [al:Cats (Hits from the Musical)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat - The Theatrelands [00:02.79]Written by：Lloyd Webber/Eliot [00:05.58]Skimbleshanks the railway cat [00:09.92] [00:10.73]The cat of the railway train [00:14.41] [00:16.28]There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty nine [00:19.51]When the night mail's ready to depart [00:22.16] [00:22.69]Saying Skimble where is Skimble [00:24.36]Has he gone to hunt the thimble [00:26.03]We must find him or the train can't start [00:28.53] [00:29.40]All the guards and all the porters [00:31.10]And the station master's daughters [00:32.68]Would be searching high and low [00:35.07] [00:36.07]Saying Skimble where is Skimble for unless he's very nimble [00:39.48]Then the night mail just can't go [00:41.79] [00:42.85]At eleven forty two with the signal overdue [00:46.07]And the passengers all frantic to a man [00:48.51] [00:49.39]That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear [00:52.69]I'd been busy in the luggage van [00:55.61] [00:57.46]Then he gave one flash of his glass green eyes [01:00.93]And the signal went all clear [01:03.74] [01:04.32]They'd be off at last for the northern part of the northern hemisphere [01:09.78]Skimbleshanks the railway cat [01:13.98] [01:14.94]The cat of the railway train [01:18.47] [01:20.42]You could say that by and large it was me who was in charge [01:23.47]Of the sleeping car express [01:26.79]From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards [01:30.36]I would supervise them all more or less [01:32.92] [01:33.71]Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces [01:36.75]Of the travellers in the first and the third [01:39.44] [01:40.08]He establishes control by a regular patrol [01:43.52]And he'd know at once if anything occurred [01:46.11] [01:46.82]He would watch you without winking [01:48.48]And he saw what you were thinking [01:50.20]And it's certain that he didn't approve [01:52.86] [01:53.50]Of hilarity and riot so the folk were very quiet [01:56.77]When Skimble was about and on the move [01:59.44] [02:01.68]You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks [02:05.14]He's a cat that cannot be ignored [02:08.47]So nothing went wrong on the northern mail [02:11.80]When Skimbleshanks was aboard [02:14.20] [02:17.43]It was very pleasant when they'd found their little den [02:20.08]With their name written up on the door [02:22.65] [02:23.44]And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet [02:27.06]And not a speck of dust upon the floor [02:29.19] [02:30.18]There was every sort of light [02:31.79]You could make it dark or bright [02:33.72]And a button you could turn to make a breeze [02:36.12] [02:36.84]And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in [02:40.30]And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze [02:42.94] [02:43.53]Then the guard looked in politely [02:45.26]And would ask you very brightly [02:47.06]Do you like your morning tea weak or strong [02:49.44] [02:50.43]But I was just behind him and was ready to remind him [02:53.72]For Skimble won't let anything go wrong [02:56.14] [02:58.17]When they crept into their cosy berth [03:01.82]And pulled up the counterpane [03:04.57] [03:05.11]They all could reflect that it was very nice [03:08.75]To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice [03:11.73]They can leave all that to the railway cat [03:15.38]The cat of the railway train [03:18.07]Skimbleshanks the railway cat [03:22.48] [03:23.18]The cat of the railway train [03:27.03] [03:28.73]In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright [03:31.82]Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea [03:34.38] [03:35.16]With perhaps a drop of scotch while I was keeping on the watch [03:38.37]Only stopping here and there to catch a flea [03:40.88] [03:41.88]They were fast asleep at Crewe and so they never knew [03:45.12]That I was walking up and down the station [03:47.81] [03:48.47]They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle [03:52.02]Where I met the station master with elation [03:54.24] [03:55.22]They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned the police [03:58.40]If there was anything they ought to know about [04:01.13] [04:01.85]When they got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait [04:05.17]For Skimbleshanks would help them to get out [04:08.94] [04:13.69]And he gives a wave of his long brown tail [04:18.03]Which says I'll see you again [04:20.79] [04:21.34]You'll meet without fail on the midnight mail [04:24.90]The cat of the railway train