The Old Gumbie Cat-The Theatreland Chorus

[ti:The Old Gumbie Cat] [ar:The Theatreland Chorus] [al:Cats (Hits from the Musical)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.59]The Old Gumbie Cat - The Theatreland Chorus [00:00.85]Written by：Lloyd Webber/Eliot [00:01.13] [00:34.32]I have a Gumbie Cat in mind [00:38.00] [00:38.76]Her name is Jennyanydots [00:41.99] [00:42.88]Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots [00:50.59] [00:51.40]All day she sits upon the stair or on the step or on the mat [00:58.82] [00:59.74]She sits and sits and sits and sits [01:03.17] [01:03.99]And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat [01:07.03] [01:07.91]That's what makes a Gumbie Cat [01:13.54] [01:14.36]But [01:15.72]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [01:18.47]Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun [01:21.70]And when all the family's in bed and asleep [01:24.34] [01:25.03]She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep [01:27.90]She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice [01:31.22]Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice [01:34.04] [01:34.61]So when she has got them lined up on the matting [01:37.80]She teaches them music crocheting and tatting [01:40.63] [01:43.20]I have a Gumbie Cat in mind [01:46.55] [01:47.23]Her name is Jennyanydots [01:51.46]Her equal would be hard to find [01:54.95] [01:55.69]She likes the warm and sunny spots [01:59.34] [02:00.13]All day she sits beside the hearth or on the bed or on my hat [02:07.81] [02:08.48]She sits and sits and sits and sits [02:11.93] [02:12.72]And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat [02:15.64] [02:16.81]That's what makes a Gumbie Cat [02:22.13] [02:22.70]But [02:24.22]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [02:26.96]Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun [02:30.06]As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet [02:33.18]She is sure it is due to irregular diet [02:36.39]And believing that nothing is done without trying [02:39.61]She sets right to work with her baking and frying [02:42.99]She makes them a mouse cake of bread and dried peas [02:46.21]And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese [02:49.26] [03:20.00]I have a Gumbie Cat in mind [03:23.58] [03:24.37]Her name is Jennyanydots [03:27.79] [03:28.72]The curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knots [03:36.35] [03:37.01]She sits upon the windowsill or anything that's smooth and flat [03:44.59] [03:45.46]She sits and sits and sits and sits [03:48.84] [03:49.77]And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat [03:53.56] [03:54.40]That's what makes a Gumbie Cat [03:59.60] [04:00.45]But [04:01.31] [04:02.01]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [04:04.95]Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun [04:08.06]She thinks that the cockroaches [04:09.91]Just need employment [04:11.39]To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment [04:14.44]So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts [04:17.81]A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts [04:21.01]With a purpose in life and a good deed to do [04:23.62] [04:24.17]And she's even created a beetles tattoo [04:27.02] [04:46.54]So for old Gumbie Cats let us give three cheers [04:49.55]On whom well ordered households depend it appears [04:54.41]Three cheers three cheers three cheers [04:56.54] [04:57.97]For she's a jolly good fellow [05:01.47] [05:03.88]Thank you my dears