Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat-Andrew Lloyd Webber/Finola Hughes/Bonnie Langford/"Cats" 1981 Original London Cast/Michiel Verkoren/Femi Taylor

[ti:Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat] [ar:Andrew Lloyd Webber] [al:猫 音乐剧 (精编版)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat - Andrew Lloyd Webber (安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯) [00:05.89]Skimbleshanks the railway cat the cat of the railway train [00:16.39]There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine [00:19.25]When the night mail's ready to depart [00:22.49]Saying skimble where is skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble [00:25.57]We must find him or the train can't start [00:29.00]All the guards all the porters and the station master's daughters [00:32.37]Would be searching high and low [00:35.61]Saying skimble where is skimble for unless he's very nimble [00:39.04]Then the night mail just won't go [00:42.12]At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue [00:45.57]And the passengers all frantic to a man [00:48.77]That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear [00:52.42]I'd been busy in the luggage van [00:57.21]Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes [01:00.66]And the signal went all clear [01:03.88]They'd be off at last to the northern part of the northern hemisphere [01:09.17]Skimbleshanks the railway cat the cat of the railway train [01:19.17]You could say that by and large it was me who was in charge [01:22.55]Of the sleeping car express [01:25.77]From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards [01:29.11]I would supervise them all more or less [01:32.44]Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces [01:35.51]Of the travellers in the first and the third [01:38.72]He estably she'd control by a regular patrol [01:42.00]And he'd know at once if anything occurred [01:45.47]He would watch you without winking and he know what you were thinking [01:48.99]And it's certain that he didn't approve [01:52.16]Of hilarity and riot so that folk were very quiet [01:55.79]When skimble was about and on the move [02:00.41]You could play no pranks with skimbleshanks [02:03.70]He's a cat that I know be ignored [02:06.99]So nothing went wrong on the northern mail [02:10.29]When skimbleshanks was aboard [02:15.81]It was very pleasant when they'd found their little den [02:18.54]With their name written up on the door [02:21.92]And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet [02:25.40]And not a speck of dust on the floor [02:28.71]There was every sort of light you could make it dark or bright [02:32.08]And a button you could turn to make a breeze [02:35.10]And a funny little basing you're supposed to wash your face in [02:38.62]And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze [02:41.92]Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly [02:45.59]Do you like your morning tea weak or strong [02:48.98]But I was just behind him and was ready to remind him [02:52.49]For skimble won't let anything go wrong [02:56.95]When they crept into their cozy berth and pulled the counterpane [03:03.71]They ought to reflect that it was very nice [03:07.16]To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice [03:10.28]They can leave all that to the railway cat [03:13.58]The cat of the railway train [03:16.43]Skimbleshanks the railway cat the cat of the railway train [03:26.49]In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright [03:29.51]Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea [03:32.67]With perhaps a drop of scotch while I was keeping on the watch [03:36.13]Oh with stopping here and there to catch a fleat [03:39.11]They were fast asleep at crewe [03:40.85]And so they never knew that I was walking up and down the station [03:45.69]They were sleeping all the while I was busy at carlisle [03:48.93]Where I met the station master with elation [03:52.17]They might see me at dumfries if I summoned the police [03:55.45]There was anything they ought to know about [03:58.72]When they got to gallowgate there they did not have to wait [04:02.16]For skimbleshanks will help them to get out [04:11.16]And he gives you a wave of his long brown tail [04:15.56]Which says I'll see you again [04:18.76]You'll meet without fail on the midnight mail [04:22.21]The cat of the railway train