The Old Cumbie Cat-The Musical Orchestra

[ti:The Old Cumbie Cat (From "Cats")] [ar:The Musical Orchestra] [al:Musicales Cats & Cabaret] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Old Cumbie Cat (From "Cats") - The Musical Orchestra [00:01.70]I have a gumbie cat in mind [00:05.84]Her name is jenny any dots [00:10.27]Her coat is of the tabby kind [00:14.89]With tiger stripes and leopard spots [00:20.73]All day she sits upon the stair or on the step [00:25.70]Or on the mat [00:28.25]She sits and sits and sits and sits [00:32.61]And that's what makes a gumbie cat [00:38.13]That's what makes a gumbie cat [00:41.59]But [00:45.51]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [00:47.61]Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun [00:50.89]And when all the family's in bed and asleep [00:53.70]She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep [00:56.82]She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice [00:59.78]Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice [01:03.11]So when she has got them lined up on the matting [01:06.18]She teaches them music crocheting and tatting [01:08.72]I have a gumbie cat in mind [01:14.50]Hr name is jenny any dots [01:18.85]Her equal would be hard to find [01:23.44]She likes the warm and sunny spots [01:27.78]All day she sits beside the hearth [01:32.32]Or on the bed or on my hat [01:36.31]She sits and sits and sits and sits [01:40.76]And that's what makes a gumbie cat [01:45.41]That's what makes a gumbie cat [01:50.35]But when the day's hustle and bustle is done [01:53.73]Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun [01:56.44]As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet [02:00.42]She is sure it is due to irregular diet [02:02.24]And believing that nothing is done without trying [02:06.72]She sets right to work with her baking and frying [02:09.74]She makes them a mouse cake of bread and dried peas [02:13.06]And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese [02:15.89] [02:47.52]I have a gumbie cat in mind [02:51.85]Her name is jennyanydots [02:54.30]The curtain cord she likes to wind [03:00.91]And tie it into sailor knots [03:05.27]She sits upon the windowsill or anything that's smooth and flat [03:11.13]She sits and sits and sits and sits [03:19.13]And that's what makes a gumbie cat [03:23.82]That's what makes a gumbie cat [03:26.45]But [03:30.93]When the day's hustle and bustle is done [03:33.04]Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun [03:36.40]She thinks that the cockroaches need employment [03:38.54]To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment [03:42.51]So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts [03:45.65]A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts [03:49.26]With a purpose in life and a good deed to do [03:52.45]And she's even created a beetles tat too [03:53.51] [05:03.78]So for old gumbie cats let us give three cheers [05:07.34]On whom well ordered households depend it appears [05:11.41]Three cheers three cheers three cheers [05:12.67] [05:14.54]For she's a jolly good fellow [05:24.15]Thank you my dears