Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat-Cats Cast

[ti:Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat] [ar:Cats Cast] [al:猫 音乐剧 (1981百老汇精编版)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat - Cats Cast [00:05.85]Skimbleshanks the railway cat [00:09.76] [00:10.62]The cat of the railway train [00:13.89] [00:15.87]There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine [00:19.00]When the Night Mail's ready to depart [00:21.63] [00:22.26]Saying "Skimble where is Skimble [00:23.96]Has he gone to hunt the thimble [00:25.31]We must find him or the train can't start" [00:28.09] [00:28.83]All the guards and all the porters [00:30.28]And the station master's daughters [00:31.83]Would be searchin' high and low [00:34.50] [00:35.15]Saying "Skimble where is Skimble [00:36.91]For unless he's very nimble [00:38.95]Then the Night Mail just can't go" [00:40.88] [00:41.84]At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue [00:44.97]And the passengers all frantic to a man [00:47.44] [00:48.40]That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear [00:51.75]I'd been busy in the luggage van [00:54.47] [00:56.67]Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes [01:00.32]And the signal went 'All clear' [01:02.56] [01:03.41]They'd be off at last for the northern part [01:06.90]Of the Northern Hemisphere [01:09.78]Skimbleshanks the railway cat [01:13.13] [01:13.86]The cat of the railway train [01:17.41] [01:19.60]You might say that by and large [01:21.13]It was me who was in charge [01:22.70]Of the Sleeping Car Express [01:24.98] [01:25.91]From the driver and the guards [01:27.41]To the bagmen playing cards [01:29.10]I would supervise them all more or less [01:31.54] [01:32.76]Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces [01:35.80]Of the travelers in the first and the third [01:38.45] [01:39.26]He establishes control by a regular patrol [01:42.45]And he'd know at once if anything occurred [01:44.89] [01:45.94]He would watch you without winking [01:47.51]And he saw what you were thinking [01:49.12]And it's certain that he didn't approve [01:51.52] [01:52.61]Of hilarity and riot so that folk were very quiet [01:55.86]When Skimble was about and on the move [01:58.66] [02:00.70]You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks [02:04.35]He's a cat that couldn't be ignored [02:07.10] [02:07.79]So nothing went wrong on the Northern Mail [02:11.17]When Skimbleshanks was aboard [02:13.54] [02:16.66]It was very pleasant when they'd found their little den [02:19.49]With their name written up on the door [02:21.79] [02:22.73]And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet [02:25.74]And not a speck of dust upon the floor [02:28.17] [02:29.25]There was every sort of light you could make it dark or bright [02:32.41]And a button you could turn to make a breeze [02:35.18] [02:35.72]And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in [02:39.01]And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze [02:41.59] [02:42.38]Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly [02:45.33]"Do you like your morning tea weak or strong " [02:48.42] [02:49.52]But I was right behind him and was ready to remind him [02:52.59]For Skimble won't let anything go wrong [02:55.58] [02:57.94]When they crept into their cosy berth [03:01.15]And pulled up the counterpane [03:04.15] [03:04.71]They all could reflect that it was very nice [03:07.88]To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice [03:11.18]They can leave all that to the railway cat [03:14.45]The cat of the railway train [03:16.78] [03:17.76]Skimbleshanks the railway cat [03:21.73] [03:22.40]The cat of the railway train [03:25.87] [03:27.31]In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright [03:31.22]Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea [03:33.60] [03:34.36]With perhaps a drop of Scotch while I was keepin' on the watch [03:37.61]Only stopping here and there to catch a flea [03:40.08] [03:40.85]They were fast asleep at Crewe and so they never knew [03:44.12]That I was walkin' up and down the station [03:46.66] [03:47.78]They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle [03:50.91]Where I met the station master with elation [03:53.33] [03:54.49]They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned by police [03:57.74]If there was anything they ought to know about [04:00.11] [04:00.95]When they got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait [04:05.10]For Skimbleshanks would help them to get out [04:08.12] [04:15.89]And he gives you a wave of his long brown tail [04:21.12]Which says "I'll see you again" [04:23.37] [04:24.63]You will meet without fail on the Midnight Mail [04:27.62]The cat of the railway train [04:29.96] [04:38.27]You will meet without fail on the Midnight Mail [04:41.90]The cat of the railway train