[ti:The Old Gumbie Cat]
[ar:Andrew Lloyd Webber]
[al:Selections from Cats]
[00:00.23]I have a Gumbie Cat in mind
[00:04.93]Her name is Jennyanydots
[00:09.24]Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots
[00:17.72]All day she sits upon the stair or on the step or on the mat
[00:25.92]She sits and sits and sits and sits
[00:30.28]And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat
[00:34.33]That's what makes a Gumbie Cat!
[00:40.92]But...
[00:41.88]When the day's hustle and bustle is done
[00:44.60]Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun
[00:47.82]And when all the family's in bed and asleep
[00:51.19]She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep
[00:54.09]She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice
[00:57.31]Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice
[01:00.46]So when she has got them lined up on the matting
[01:03.38]She teaches them music, crocheting and tatting
[01:06.75]I have a Gumbie Cat in mind
[01:10.98]Her name is Jennyanydots
[01:15.24]Her equal would be hard to find
[01:19.38]Se likes the warm and sunny spots
[01:23.44]All day she sits beside the hearth or on the bed or on my hat
[01:31.79]She sits and sits and sits and sits
[01:36.50]And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat
[01:40.60]That's what makes a Gumbie Cat!
[01:46.88]But...
[01:47.97]When the day's hustle and bustle is done
[01:50.56]Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun
[01:53.68]As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet
[01:56.78]She is sure it is due to irregular diet
[01:59.84]And believing that nothing is done without trying
[02:02.65]She sets right to work with her baking and frying
[02:05.84]She makes them a mouse-cake of bread and dried peas
[02:08.61]And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese
[02:12.80]...
[02:40.70]I have a Gumbie Cat in mind
[02:45.44]Her name is Jennyanydots
[02:49.68]The curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knots
[02:58.12]She sits upon the windowsill or anything that's smooth and flat
[03:06.36]She sits and sits and sits and sits
[03:10.87]And that's what makes a Gumbie Cat
[03:14.93]That's what makes a Gumbie Cat!
[03:20.98]But...
[03:22.05]When the day's hustle and bustle is done
[03:24.85]Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun
[03:27.91]She thinks that the cockroaches need employment
[03:30.97]To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment
[03:33.89]So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts
[03:37.01]A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts
[03:39.67]With a purpose in life and a good deed to do
[03:42.59]And she's even created a Beetles Tattoo!
[04:52.81]So for old Gumbie Cats let us give three cheers
[04:55.66]On whom well ordered households depend, it appears
[05:00.04]Three cheers, three cheers, three cheers!
[05:03.10]For she's a jolly good fellow!
[05:11.69]Thank you my dears!