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[ti:The Old Gumbie Cat] |
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[ar:Andrew Lloyd Webber] |
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[al:Selections from Cats] |
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I have a Gumbie Cat in mind |
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Her name is Jennyanydots |
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Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots |
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All day she sits upon the stair or on the step or on the mat |
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She sits and sits and sits and sits |
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And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat |
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That's what makes a Gumbie Cat! |
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But... |
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When the day's hustle and bustle is done |
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Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun |
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And when all the family's in bed and asleep |
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She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep |
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She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice |
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Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice |
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So when she has got them lined up on the matting |
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She teaches them music, crocheting and tatting |
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I have a Gumbie Cat in mind |
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Her name is Jennyanydots |
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Her equal would be hard to find |
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Se likes the warm and sunny spots |
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All day she sits beside the hearth or on the bed or on my hat |
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She sits and sits and sits and sits |
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And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat |
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That's what makes a Gumbie Cat! |
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But... |
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When the day's hustle and bustle is done |
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Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun |
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As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet |
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She is sure it is due to irregular diet |
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And believing that nothing is done without trying |
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She sets right to work with her baking and frying |
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She makes them a mouse-cake of bread and dried peas |
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And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese |
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... |
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I have a Gumbie Cat in mind |
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Her name is Jennyanydots |
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The curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knots |
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She sits upon the windowsill or anything that's smooth and flat |
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She sits and sits and sits and sits |
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And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat |
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That's what makes a Gumbie Cat! |
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But... |
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When the day's hustle and bustle is done |
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Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun |
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She thinks that the cockroaches need employment |
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To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment |
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So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts |
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A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts |
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With a purpose in life and a good deed to do |
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And she's even created a Beetles Tattoo! |
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So for old Gumbie Cats let us give three cheers |
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On whom well ordered households depend, it appears |
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Three cheers, three cheers, three cheers! |
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For she's a jolly good fellow! |
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Thank you my dears! |
