1. Are you blind when you're born?Copy !req
2. Can you see in the dark?Copy !req
3. Can you look at a king?
Would you sit on his throne?Copy !req
4. Can you say of your bite
That it's worse than your bark?Copy !req
5. Are you cock of the walkCopy !req
6. When you're walking alone?Copy !req
7. Because Jellicles are
And Jellicles doCopy !req
8. Jellicles do and Jellicles wouldCopy !req
9. Jellicles would and Jellicles canCopy !req
10. Jellicles can and Jellicles doCopy !req
11. When you fall on your head
Do you land on your feet?Copy !req
12. Are you tense when you sense
There's a storm in the air?Copy !req
13. Can you find your way blind
When you're lost in the street?Copy !req
14. Do you know how to go
To the Heaviside Layer?Copy !req
15. Because Jellicles can
And Jellicles doCopy !req
16. Jellicles do and Jellicles canCopy !req
17. Jellicles can and Jellicles doCopy !req
18. Jellicles do and Jellicles canCopy !req
19. Jellicles can and Jellicles doCopy !req
20. Can you ride on a broomstick
To places far distant?Copy !req
21. Familiar with candleCopy !req
22. Were you Whittington's friend?
The Pied Piper's assistant?Copy !req
23. Have you been an alumnusCopy !req
24. Are you mean like a minx?
Are you lean like a lynx?Copy !req
25. Are you keen to be seen
When you're smelling a rat?Copy !req
26. Were you there when the pharaohs
Commissioned the Sphinx?Copy !req
27. If you were, and you are
You're a Jellicle CatCopy !req
28. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
29. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
30. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
31. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
32. We can dive through the airCopy !req
33. Like a flying trapezeCopy !req
34. We can turn double somersaults
Bounce on a tyreCopy !req
35. We can run up a wall
We can swing through the treesCopy !req
36. We can balance on bars
We can walk on a wireCopy !req
37. Jellicles can and Jellicles doCopy !req
38. Jellicles can and Jellicles doCopy !req
39. Jellicles can and Jellicles doCopy !req
40. Jellicles can and Jellicles doCopy !req
41. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
42. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
43. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
44. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
45. Can you sing at the same time
In more than one keyCopy !req
46. Duets by Rossini
And waltzes by Strauss?Copy !req
47. And can you, as cats do
Begin with a "c"?Copy !req
48. That always triumphantly
Brings down the houseCopy !req
49. Jellicle Cats
Are queens of the nightCopy !req
50. Singing at astronomical heightsCopy !req
51. Handling pieces from The MessiahCopy !req
52. Hallelujah, angelical choirCopy !req
53. Jellicle Cats
Are queens of the nightCopy !req
54. Singing at astronomical heightsCopy !req
55. Handling pieces from The MessiahCopy !req
56. Hallelujah, angelical choirCopy !req
57. The mystical divinityCopy !req
58. Of unashamed felinityCopy !req
59. Round the cathedralCopy !req
60. Rang vivatCopy !req
61. Life to the everlasting catCopy !req
62. Feline, fearlessCopy !req
63. Faithful and trueCopy !req
64. To others who do whatCopy !req
65. Jellicles do and Jellicles canCopy !req
66. Jellicles can and Jellicles doCopy !req
67. Jellicle Cats sing Jellicle ChantsCopy !req
68. Jellicles old and Jellicles newCopy !req
69. Jellicle Song and Jellicle danceCopy !req
70. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
71. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
72. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
73. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
74. Practical cats, dramatical catsCopy !req
75. Pragmatical cats, fanatical catsCopy !req
76. Oratorical cats,
Delphic-Oracle catsCopy !req
77. Sceptical cats, dyspeptical catsCopy !req
78. Romantical cats, pedantical catsCopy !req
79. Critical and parasitical catsCopy !req
80. Allegorical cats, metaphorical catsCopy !req
81. Statistical cats and mystical catsCopy !req
82. Political cats, hypocritical catsCopy !req
83. Clerical cats, hysterical catsCopy !req
84. Cynical cats, rabbinical catsCopy !req
85. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
86. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
87. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
88. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle Songs for Jellicle CatsCopy !req
89. There's a man over there
With a look of surpriseCopy !req
90. As much as to say
Well, now, how about that?Copy !req
91. Do I actually see
With my own very eyesCopy !req
92. A man who's not heard
Of a Jellicle Cat?Copy !req
93. What's a Jellicle Cat?Copy !req
94. What's a Jellicle Cat?Copy !req
95. What's a Jellicle Cat?Copy !req
96. The naming of cats
Is a difficult matterCopy !req
97. It isn't just one
Of your holiday gamesCopy !req
98. You may think at first
I'm as mad as a hatterCopy !req
99. When I tell you a cat
Must have three different namesCopy !req
100. First of all there's the name
That the family use dailyCopy !req
101. Such as Peter, Augustus
Alonzo or JamesCopy !req
102. Such as Victor or Jonathan
George or Bill BaileyCopy !req
103. All of them
Sensible, everyday namesCopy !req
104. There are fancier names
If you think they sound sweeterCopy !req
105. Some for the gentlemen
Some for the damesCopy !req
106. Such as Plato, Admetus
Electra, DemeterCopy !req
107. But all of them sensible
Everyday namesCopy !req
108. But I tell you, a cat
Needs a name that's particularCopy !req
109. A name that's peculiar
And more dignifiedCopy !req
110. Else how can he keep up
His tail perpendicularCopy !req
111. Or spread out his whiskers
Or cherish his pride?Copy !req
112. Of names of this kind
I can give you a quorumCopy !req
113. Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo
Or CoricopatCopy !req
114. Such as Bombalurina
Or else, JellylorumCopy !req
115. Names that never belong
To more than one catCopy !req
116. But above and beyond
There's still one name left overCopy !req
117. And that is the name
That you never will guessCopy !req
118. The name that no human research
Can discoverCopy !req
119. But the cat himself knows
And will never confessCopy !req
120. When you notice a cat
In profound meditationCopy !req
121. The reason, I tell you,
Is always the sameCopy !req
122. His mind is engaged
In a rapt contemplationCopy !req
123. Of the thought, of the thoughtCopy !req
124. Of the thought of his nameCopy !req
125. His ineffableCopy !req
126. EffableCopy !req
127. EffanineffableCopy !req
128. Deep and inscrutableCopy !req
129. SingularCopy !req
130. Name... Name... Name... Name...Copy !req
131. Jellicle Cats come out tonightCopy !req
132. Jellicle Cats come one, come allCopy !req
133. The Jellicle Moon is shining brightCopy !req
134. Jellicles come to the Jellicle BallCopy !req
135. Jellicle Cats come out tonightCopy !req
136. Jellicles come to the Jellicle BallCopy !req
137. Jellicle Cats meet once a yearCopy !req
138. At the Jellicle Ball
Where we all rejoiceCopy !req
139. And the Jellicle Leader
Will soon appearCopy !req
140. And make what is known
As the Jellicle ChoiceCopy !req
141. When Old Deuteronomy
Just before dawnCopy !req
142. Through a silence you feel
You could cut with a knifeCopy !req
143. Announces the cat
Who can now be rebornCopy !req
144. And come back to a different
Jellicle LifeCopy !req
145. For waiting up there
Is the Heaviside LayerCopy !req
146. Full of wonders
One Jellicle only will seeCopy !req
147. And Jellicles ask
Because Jellicles dareCopy !req
148. Who will it be?
Who will it be?Copy !req
149. I have a Gumbie Cat in mindCopy !req
150. Her name is JennyanydotsCopy !req
151. Her coat is of the tabby kindCopy !req
152. With tiger stripes
And leopard spotsCopy !req
153. All day she sits beneath the stairCopy !req
154. Or on the steps or on the matCopy !req
155. She sits and sits and sits and sitsCopy !req
156. And that's what makes a Gumbie CatCopy !req
157. That's what makes a Gumbie CatCopy !req
158. But when the day's hustle
And bustle is doneCopy !req
159. Then the Gumbie Cat's work
Is but hardly begunCopy !req
160. And when all the family's
In bed and asleepCopy !req
161. She tucks up her skirts
To the basement to creepCopy !req
162. She is deeply concerned
With the ways of the miceCopy !req
163. Their behaviour's not good
And their manners not niceCopy !req
164. So when she has got them
Lined up on the mattingCopy !req
165. She teaches them
Music, crocheting and tattingCopy !req
166. I have a Gumbie Cat in mindCopy !req
167. Her name is JennyanydotsCopy !req
168. The curtain cord she likes to windCopy !req
169. And tie it into sailor knotsCopy !req
170. She sits upon the window-sillCopy !req
171. Or anything that's smooth and flatCopy !req
172. She sits and sits and sits and sitsCopy !req
173. And that's what makes a Gumbie CatCopy !req
174. That's what makes a Gumbie CatCopy !req
175. But when the day's hustle
And bustle is doneCopy !req
176. Then the Gumbie Cat's work
Is but hardly begunCopy !req
177. She thinks that the cockroaches
Just need employmentCopy !req
178. To prevent them from
Idle and wanton destroymentCopy !req
179. So she's formed from that lot
Of disorderly loutsCopy !req
180. A troop of well-disciplined
Helpful boy scoutsCopy !req
181. With a purpose in life
And a good deed to doCopy !req
182. And she's even createdCopy !req
183. A beetles tattoo!Copy !req
184. Squad salute!Copy !req
185. For she's
A jolly good fellow...Copy !req
186. Thank you, my dearsCopy !req
187. MiaowCopy !req
188. MiaowCopy !req
189. The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catCopy !req
190. If you offer me pheasant
I'd rather have grouseCopy !req
191. If you put me in a house
I would much prefer a flatCopy !req
192. If you put me in a flat
Then I'd rather have a houseCopy !req
193. If you set me on a mouse
Then I only want a ratCopy !req
194. If you set me on a rat
Then I'd rather chase a mouseCopy !req
195. The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catCopy !req
196. And there isn't any call
For me to shout itCopy !req
197. For he will do as he do doCopy !req
198. And there's no doing anything
About itCopy !req
199. The Rum Tum Tugger
Is a terrible boreCopy !req
200. When you let me in
Then I want to go outCopy !req
201. I'm always on the wrong side
Of every doorCopy !req
202. And as soon as I get home
Then I'd like to get aboutCopy !req
203. I like to lie in a bureau drawerCopy !req
204. But I make such a fuss
If I can't get outCopy !req
205. The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catCopy !req
206. And there isn't any use
For you to doubt itCopy !req
207. For he will do as he do doCopy !req
208. And there's no doing
Anything about itCopy !req
209. The Rum Tum Tugger
Is a curious beastCopy !req
210. My disobliging ways
Are a matter of habitCopy !req
211. Now if you offer me fish
Then I always want a feastCopy !req
212. And if there isn't any fish
Then I won't eat rabbitCopy !req
213. If you offer me cream
Then I sniff and sneerCopy !req
214. For I only like
What I find for myself... NoCopy !req
215. So you catch me in it up to my ears
And put it on the larder shelfCopy !req
216. The Rum Tum Tugger
Is artful and knowingCopy !req
217. The Rum Tum Tugger
Doesn't care for a cuddleCopy !req
218. So I'll on up into your sewingCopy !req
219. Cos there's nothing
I enjoy like a horrible muddleCopy !req
220. The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catCopy !req
221. The Rum Tum Tugger
Doesn't care for a cuddleCopy !req
222. The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catCopy !req
223. And there isn't any need
For me to spout itCopy !req
224. For he will do as he do doCopy !req
225. And there's noCopy !req
226. Doing anythingCopy !req
227. About...Copy !req
228. About...Copy !req
229. About...Copy !req
230. About itCopy !req
231. Remark the catCopy !req
232. Who hesitates towards youCopy !req
233. In the light of the dawnCopy !req
234. Which opens on herCopy !req
235. Like a grinCopy !req
236. You see the border
Of her coat is tornCopy !req
237. And stained with sandCopy !req
238. And you see the corner of her eyeCopy !req
239. Twist like a crooked pinCopy !req
240. She haunted many a low resortCopy !req
241. Near the grimy road
Of Tottenham CourtCopy !req
242. She flitted about the no man's landCopy !req
243. From The Rising Sun
To The Friend at HandCopy !req
244. And the postman sighed
As he scratched his headCopy !req
245. You'd really have thought
She'd ought to be deadCopy !req
246. And who would ever supposeCopy !req
247. That thatCopy !req
248. Was GrizabellaCopy !req
249. The Glamour Cat?Copy !req
250. Grizabella the Glamour CatCopy !req
251. Grizabella the Glamour CatCopy !req
252. Who would have ever supposedCopy !req
253. That thatCopy !req
254. Was GrizabellaCopy !req
255. The Glamour Cat?Copy !req
256. Bustopher Jones
Is not skin and bonesCopy !req
257. In fact, he's remarkably fatCopy !req
258. He doesn't haunt pubs
He has eight or nine clubsCopy !req
259. For he's the St James's Street CatCopy !req
260. He's the cat we all greet
As he walks down the streetCopy !req
261. In his coat of fastidious blackCopy !req
262. No commonplace mousers
Have such well-cut trousersCopy !req
263. Or such an impeccable backCopy !req
264. In the whole of St James's
The smartest of names isCopy !req
265. The name of this Brummell of catsCopy !req
266. And we're all of us proud
To be nodded or bowed toCopy !req
267. By Bustopher Jones in white spatsCopy !req
268. In the whole of St James's
The smartest of names isCopy !req
269. The name of this Brummell of catsCopy !req
270. And we're all of us proud
To be nodded or bowed toCopy !req
271. By Bustopher Jones
In white spatsCopy !req
272. My visits are occasional
To the Senior EducationalCopy !req
273. And it is against the rulesCopy !req
274. For any one cat
To belong both to thatCopy !req
275. And the Joint Superior SchoolsCopy !req
276. For a similar reason
When game is in seasonCopy !req
277. I'm found not at Fox's, but Blimp'sCopy !req
278. I am frequently seen
At the gay Stage and ScreenCopy !req
279. Which is famous
For winkles and shrimpsCopy !req
280. In the season of venison
I give my ben'sonCopy !req
281. To the Pothunter's succulent bonesCopy !req
282. And just before noon's
Not a moment too soonCopy !req
283. To drop in for a drinkCopy !req
284. At the DronesCopy !req
285. When I'm seen in a hurry
There's probably curryCopy !req
286. At the Siamese or at the GluttonCopy !req
287. If I look full of gloom
Then I've lunched at the TombCopy !req
288. On cabbage, rice puddingCopy !req
289. And muttonCopy !req
290. In the whole of St James's
The smartest of names isCopy !req
291. The name of this Brummell of catsCopy !req
292. And we're all of us proud
To be nodded or bowed toCopy !req
293. By Bustopher Jones in whiteCopy !req
294. Bustopher Jones in whiteCopy !req
295. Bustopher Jones in white spatsCopy !req
296. So much in this way
Passes Bustopher's dayCopy !req
297. At one club or another he's foundCopy !req
298. It can be no surprise
That under our eyesCopy !req
299. He has grown unmistakably roundCopy !req
300. He's a twenty-five pounder
Or I am a bounderCopy !req
301. And he's putting on weight
Every dayCopy !req
302. But I'm so well-preserved
Because I've observedCopy !req
303. All me life a routine, and I'd sayCopy !req
304. I am still in me prime
I shall last out me timeCopy !req
305. That's the word
From this stoutest of catsCopy !req
306. It must and it shall
Be spring in Pall MallCopy !req
307. While Bustopher Jones wears whiteCopy !req
308. Bustopher Jones wears whiteCopy !req
309. Bustopher Jones
Wears white spatsCopy !req
310. Toodlepip!Copy !req
311. Macavity!Copy !req
312. - (Woman laughs )
- Shh!Copy !req
313. Mungojerrie
And RumpleteazerCopy !req
314. We're a notorious couple of catsCopy !req
315. As knockabout clowns
Quick-change comediansCopy !req
316. Tightrope walkers and acrobatsCopy !req
317. We have an extensive reputationCopy !req
318. We make our home in Victoria GroveCopy !req
319. This is merely our centre
Of operationCopy !req
320. For we are incurably given to roveCopy !req
321. When the family assembles
For Sunday dinnerCopy !req
322. Their minds made up
That they won't get thinnerCopy !req
323. On Argentine joint
Potatoes and greensCopy !req
324. And the cook would appear
From behind the scenesCopy !req
325. And say in a voice
That is broken with sorrowCopy !req
326. "I'm afraid you must wait
And have dinner tomorrowCopy !req
327. "The joint has gone
From the oven like that!"Copy !req
328. Then the family will say
"It's that horrible cat!Copy !req
329. "Was it Mungojerrie
Or Rumpleteazer!"Copy !req
330. And most of the time
They leave it at thatCopy !req
331. Mungojerrie and RumpleteazerCopy !req
332. Have a wonderful way
Of working togetherCopy !req
333. And some of the time
You would say it was luckCopy !req
334. And some of the time
You would say it was weatherCopy !req
335. We'd go through the house
Like a hurricaneCopy !req
336. And no sober person
Could take his oathCopy !req
337. Was it Mungojerrie
Or Rumpleteazer?Copy !req
338. Or could you have sworn
That it might have been both?Copy !req
339. And when you hear
A dining room smashCopy !req
340. Or up from the pantry
There comes a loud crashCopy !req
341. Or down from the library
Came a loud pingCopy !req
342. From a vase which was commonlyCopy !req
343. Said to be MingCopy !req
344. Then the family will say
"Now which was which cat?"Copy !req
345. It was MungojerrieCopy !req
346. And RumpleteazerCopy !req
347. And there's nothing at all
To be done about thatCopy !req
348. And there's nothing at all
To be done about thatCopy !req
349. Old Deuteronomy?Copy !req
350. I believe it is Old DeuteronomyCopy !req
351. Well, of all thingsCopy !req
352. Can it be really?Copy !req
353. Yes! No! Ho! Hi!
My eye!Copy !req
354. My mind may be wandering
But I confessCopy !req
355. I believe it is Old DeuteronomyCopy !req
356. Old Deuteronomy's lived a long timeCopy !req
357. He's a cat who has lived
Many lives in successionCopy !req
358. He was famous in proverb
And famous in rhymeCopy !req
359. A long while before
Queen Victoria's accessionCopy !req
360. Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wivesCopy !req
361. And more - I am tempted
To say ninety-nineCopy !req
362. And his numerous progeny
Prospers and thrivesCopy !req
363. And the village is proud of him
In his declineCopy !req
364. At the sight of that placid
And bland physiognomyCopy !req
365. When he sits in the sunCopy !req
366. On the vicarage wallCopy !req
367. The oldest inhabitant croaksCopy !req
368. Well, of all thingsCopy !req
369. Can it be really?Copy !req
370. Yes! No! Ho! Hi!
My eye!Copy !req
371. My mind may be wandering
But I confessCopy !req
372. I believe it is Old DeuteronomyCopy !req
373. Well, of all thingsCopy !req
374. Can it be really?Copy !req
375. Yes! No! Ho! Hi!
My eye!Copy !req
376. My mind may be wandering
But I confessCopy !req
377. I believe it is Old DeuteronomyCopy !req
378. Well, of all things
Can it be really?Copy !req
379. Yes! No! Ho! Hi!
My eye!Copy !req
380. My mind may be wandering
But I confessCopy !req
381. I believe it is Old DeuteronomyCopy !req
382. Well, of all thingsCopy !req
383. Can it be really?Copy !req
384. Yes! No! Ho! Hi!
My eye!Copy !req
385. My legs may be tottery
And I must go slowCopy !req
386. And be carefulCopy !req
387. Of Old DeuteronomyCopy !req
388. Jellicle Cats meet once a yearCopy !req
389. On the night we make
The Jellicle ChoiceCopy !req
390. And now that the
Jellicle Leader is hereCopy !req
391. Jellicle Cats can all rejoiceCopy !req
392. Of the awe-full battle of the Pekes
And the PolliclesCopy !req
393. Together with some accountCopy !req
394. Of the participation
Of the Pugs and the PomsCopy !req
395. And the interventionCopy !req
396. Of the GreatCopy !req
397. Rumpus CatCopy !req
398. The Pekes and the Pollicles
Everyone knowsCopy !req
399. Are proud and implacable
Passionate foesCopy !req
400. It is always the same
Wherever one goesCopy !req
401. And the Pugs and the Poms
Are the most people sayCopy !req
402. That they do not like fighting
Yet once in a wayCopy !req
403. They now and again
Join into the fray, and theyCopy !req
404. Bark
BarkCopy !req
405. Bark
BarkCopy !req
406. Until you can hear them
All over the parkCopy !req
407. Now, on the occasion
Of which I shall speakCopy !req
408. Almost nothing had happened
For nearly a weekCopy !req
409. The big Police Dog
Was away from his beatCopy !req
410. I don't know the reason
But most people thinkCopy !req
411. He slipped into the
Wellington Arms for a drinkCopy !req
412. And no one at all
Was about on the streetCopy !req
413. When a Peke and a Pollicle
Happened to meetCopy !req
414. They did not advance
Or exactly retreatCopy !req
415. But they glared at each other
And scraped their hind feetCopy !req
416. And started to
Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, barkCopy !req
417. Until you could hear them
All over the parkCopy !req
418. And they'd
Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, barkCopy !req
419. Until you could hear them
All over the parkCopy !req
420. Now, the Peke, although people
May say what they pleaseCopy !req
421. Is no British dog
But a heathen ChineseCopy !req
422. And so all the Pekes
When they heard the uproarCopy !req
423. Some came to the window
Some came to the doorCopy !req
424. There were surely a dozen
More likely a scoreCopy !req
425. And together they started
To grumble and wheezeCopy !req
426. In their huffery-snuffery
Heathen ChineseCopy !req
427. But a terrible din
Is what Pollicles likeCopy !req
428. For your Pollicle dog
Is a dour Yorkshire tykeCopy !req
429. There are dogs out of every nation
The Irish, the Welsh and the DaneCopy !req
430. The Russian, Dutch and Dalmatian
And even from China and SpainCopy !req
431. From the Poodle, the Pom
The AlsatianCopy !req
432. And the Mastiff
Who walks on a chainCopy !req
433. And to those that are frisky
And frolicleCopy !req
434. That my meaning be perfectly plainCopy !req
435. That my name is Little Tom Pollicle
And you better not do it againCopy !req
436. And his braw Scottish cousins
Are snappers and bitersCopy !req
437. And every dog-jack of them
Notable fightersCopy !req
438. And so they stepped out
With their pipers in orderCopy !req
439. Playin' When the Blue Bonnets
Come Over the BorderCopy !req
440. Then the Pugs and the Poms
Held no longer aloofCopy !req
441. But some from the balcony
Some from the roofCopy !req
442. Joined into the din with a
Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, barkCopy !req
443. Until you could hear them
All over the parkCopy !req
444. Huffery-snuffery, huffery-snufferyCopy !req
445. Huffery-snuffery, huffery-snuffCopy !req
446. Until you could hear them
All over the parkCopy !req
447. Now!Copy !req
448. When these bold heroes
Together assembledCopy !req
449. The traffic all stopped
And the Underground trembledCopy !req
450. And some of the neighbours
Were so much afraidCopy !req
451. That they started to ring up
The fire brigadeCopy !req
452. When suddenly up
From a small basement flatCopy !req
453. Why, who should stalk outCopy !req
454. But the Great Rumpus Cat?Copy !req
455. His eyes were like fireballsCopy !req
456. Fearfully blazingCopy !req
457. He gave a great yawnCopy !req
458. And his jaws were amazingCopy !req
459. And when he looked out
Through the bars of the areaCopy !req
460. You never saw anythingCopy !req
461. FiercerCopy !req
462. Or hairierCopy !req
463. And what with the glare
Of his eyes and his yawningCopy !req
464. The Pekes and the Pollicles
Quickly took warningCopy !req
465. He looked to the sky
And he gave a great leapCopy !req
466. And they every last one of them
Scattered like sheepCopy !req
467. And when the Police Dog
Returned to his beatCopy !req
468. There wasn't a single one
Left on the streetCopy !req
469. All hail and all bow toCopy !req
470. The Great Rumpus CatCopy !req
471. Jellicle Cats and dogs all mustCopy !req
472. Pollicle Dogs and cats all mustCopy !req
473. Like undertakers, come to dustCopy !req
474. Macavity!Copy !req
475. Jellicle Cats come out tonightCopy !req
476. Jellicle Cats, come one, come allCopy !req
477. The Jellicle Moon is shining brightCopy !req
478. Jellicles come to the Jellicle BallCopy !req
479. Jellicle Cats are black and whiteCopy !req
480. Jellicle Cats are rather smallCopy !req
481. Jellicle Cats are merry and brightCopy !req
482. And pleasant to hear
When we caterwaulCopy !req
483. Jellicle Cats have cheerful facesCopy !req
484. Jellicle Cats
Have bright black eyesCopy !req
485. We like to practise
Our airs and gracesCopy !req
486. And wait for the Jellicle Moon
to riseCopy !req
487. Jellicle Cats develop slowlyCopy !req
488. Jellicle Cats are not too bigCopy !req
489. Jellicle Cats are roly-polyCopy !req
490. We know how to dance
A gavotte and a jigCopy !req
491. Until the Jellicle Moon appearsCopy !req
492. We make our toilette
And take our reposeCopy !req
493. Jellicles wash behind their earsCopy !req
494. Jellicles dry between their toesCopy !req
495. Jellicle Cats are white and blackCopy !req
496. Jellicle Cats are of moderate sizeCopy !req
497. Jellicles jump like a jumping jackCopy !req
498. Jellicle Cats have moonlit eyesCopy !req
499. We're quiet enough
In the morning hoursCopy !req
500. We're quiet enough
In the afternoonCopy !req
501. Reserving our terpsichorean powersCopy !req
502. To dance by the light
Of the Jellicle MoonCopy !req
503. Jellicle Cats are black
And whiteCopy !req
504. Jellicle Cats,
As we said, are smallCopy !req
505. If it happens to be a stormy nightCopy !req
506. We will practise a caper
Or two in the hallCopy !req
507. If it happens the sun
Is shining brightCopy !req
508. You would say we had
Nothing to do at allCopy !req
509. We are resting and saving
Ourselves to be rightCopy !req
510. For the Jellicle Moon
And the Jellicle BallCopy !req
511. Jellicle Cats come out tonightCopy !req
512. Jellicle Cats, come one, come allCopy !req
513. The Jellicle Moon is shining brightCopy !req
514. Jellicles come to the Jellicle BallCopy !req
515. Jellicle Cats come out tonightCopy !req
516. Jellicle Cats, come one, come allCopy !req
517. The Jellicle Moon is shining brightCopy !req
518. Jellicles come
To the Jellicle Ball...Copy !req
519. You see the border of her coatCopy !req
520. Is torn and stained with sandCopy !req
521. And you seeCopy !req
522. The corner of her eyeCopy !req
523. Twist like a crooked pinCopy !req
524. MidnightCopy !req
525. Not a sound from the pavementCopy !req
526. Has the moon lost her memory?Copy !req
527. She is smiling aloneCopy !req
528. In the lamplightCopy !req
529. The withered leaves
Collect at my feetCopy !req
530. And the windCopy !req
531. Begins to moanCopy !req
532. Every street lampCopy !req
533. Seems to beatCopy !req
534. A fatalistic warningCopy !req
535. Someone muttersCopy !req
536. And the street lamp guttersCopy !req
537. And soon it will be morningCopy !req
538. MemoryCopy !req
539. All alone in the moonlightCopy !req
540. I can smile at the old daysCopy !req
541. I was beautiful thenCopy !req
542. I remember the time I knewCopy !req
543. What happiness wasCopy !req
544. Let the memoryCopy !req
545. Live againCopy !req
546. The moments of happinessCopy !req
547. We had the experienceCopy !req
548. But missed the meaningCopy !req
549. And approach to the meaningCopy !req
550. Restores the experience
In a different formCopy !req
551. Beyond any meaningCopy !req
552. We can assign to happinessCopy !req
553. The past experienceCopy !req
554. Revived in the meaningCopy !req
555. Is not the experienceCopy !req
556. Of one life onlyCopy !req
557. But of many generationsCopy !req
558. Not forgettingCopy !req
559. Something that isCopy !req
560. Probably quite ineffableCopy !req
561. MoonlightCopy !req
562. Turn your face to the moonlightCopy !req
563. Let your memory lead youCopy !req
564. Open up, enter inCopy !req
565. If you find thereCopy !req
566. The meaning of what happiness isCopy !req
567. Then a new lifeCopy !req
568. Will beginCopy !req
569. MoonlightCopy !req
570. Turn your face to the moonlightCopy !req
571. Let your memory lead youCopy !req
572. Open up, enter inCopy !req
573. If you find thereCopy !req
574. The meaning of what happiness isCopy !req
575. Then a new lifeCopy !req
576. Will beginCopy !req
577. Gus is the cat
At the theatre doorCopy !req
578. His name, as I ought to
Have told you beforeCopy !req
579. Is really AsparagusCopy !req
580. But that's such a fuss to pronounceCopy !req
581. That we usually call him just GusCopy !req
582. His coat's very shabby
He's thin as a rakeCopy !req
583. And he suffers from palsy
That makes his paws shakeCopy !req
584. Yet he was in his youth
Quite the smartest of catsCopy !req
585. But no longer a terror
To mice or to ratsCopy !req
586. For he isn't the cat
That he was in his primeCopy !req
587. Though his name was quite famous,
He says, in his timeCopy !req
588. And whenever he joins
His friends at their clubCopy !req
589. Which takes place at the back
Of the neighbouring pubCopy !req
590. He loves to regale them
If someone else paysCopy !req
591. With anecdotes drawn
From his palmiest daysCopy !req
592. For he once was a star
Of the highest degreeCopy !req
593. He has acted with Irving
He has acted with treeCopy !req
594. And he likes to relate
His success on the hallsCopy !req
595. Where the gallery once gave himCopy !req
596. Seven cat callsCopy !req
597. But his grandest creationCopy !req
598. As he loves to tellCopy !req
599. Was FirefrorefiddleCopy !req
600. The Fiend of the FellCopy !req
601. I have played in my timeCopy !req
602. Every possible partCopy !req
603. And I used to know seventy
Speeches by heartCopy !req
604. I'd extemporise backchatCopy !req
605. I knew how to gagCopy !req
606. And I knew how to let the cat
Out of the bagCopy !req
607. I knew how to act
With my back and my tailCopy !req
608. With an hour of rehearsal
I never could failCopy !req
609. I'd a voice that would soften
The hardest of heartsCopy !req
610. Whether I took the lead
Or in character partsCopy !req
611. I have sat by the bedside
Of poor little NellCopy !req
612. When the curfew was rung
Then I swung on the bellCopy !req
613. In the pantomime season
I never fell flatCopy !req
614. And I once understudied
Dick Whittington's CatCopy !req
615. But my grandest creationCopy !req
616. As history will tellCopy !req
617. Was FirefrorefiddleCopy !req
618. The Fiend of the FellCopy !req
619. Then if someone will give him
A toothful of ginCopy !req
620. He will tell how he once played
A part in East LynneCopy !req
621. At a Shakespeare performance
He once walked on patCopy !req
622. When some actor suggested
The need for a catCopy !req
623. And I say that these kittens
They do not get trainedCopy !req
624. As we did in the days
When Victoria reignedCopy !req
625. They never get drilled
In a regular troupeCopy !req
626. And they think they are smart
Just to jump through a hoopCopy !req
627. And he says as he scratches himself
With his clawsCopy !req
628. Well, the theatre is certainly
Not what it wasCopy !req
629. These modern productions
Are all very wellCopy !req
630. But there's nothing to equal
From what I hear tellCopy !req
631. That moment of mysteryCopy !req
632. When I made historyCopy !req
633. As FirefrorefiddleCopy !req
634. The Fiend of the Fell...Copy !req
635. These modern productionsCopy !req
636. Are all very wellCopy !req
637. But there's nothing to equalCopy !req
638. From what I hear tellCopy !req
639. That moment of mysteryCopy !req
640. When I made...Copy !req
641. Skimbleshanks
The Railway CatCopy !req
642. The cat of the railway trainCopy !req
643. There's a whisper down the line
At eleven thirty-nineCopy !req
644. When the Night Mail's
Ready to departCopy !req
645. Saying Skimble, where is Skimble?
Has he gone to hunt the thimble?Copy !req
646. We must find him
Or the train can't startCopy !req
647. All the guards and all the porters
And the stationmaster's daughtersCopy !req
648. Would be searching high and lowCopy !req
649. Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble?
For unless he's very nimbleCopy !req
650. "Then the Night Mail just can't go"Copy !req
651. At eleven forty-two
With the signal overdueCopy !req
652. And the passengers
All frantic to a manCopy !req
653. That's when I would appear
And I'd saunter to the rearCopy !req
654. I'd been busy in the luggage vanCopy !req
655. Then he gave one flash
Of his glass-green eyesCopy !req
656. And the signal went all clearCopy !req
657. They'd be off at last
For the northern partCopy !req
658. Of the northern hemisphereCopy !req
659. Skimbleshanks the Railway CatCopy !req
660. The cat of the railway trainCopy !req
661. You could say that by and large
It was me who was in chargeCopy !req
662. Of the Sleeping Car ExpressCopy !req
663. From the driver and the guards
To the bagmen playing cardsCopy !req
664. I'd supervise them all
More or lessCopy !req
665. Down the corridor he paces
And examines all the facesCopy !req
666. Of the travellers
In the First and the ThirdCopy !req
667. He establishes control
By a regular patrolCopy !req
668. And he'd know at once
If anything occurredCopy !req
669. He would watch you without winking
And he saw what you were thinkingCopy !req
670. And it's certain
That he didn't approveCopy !req
671. Of hilarity and riot
So that folk were very quietCopy !req
672. When Skimble was about
And on the moveCopy !req
673. You could play no pranks
With SkimbleshanksCopy !req
674. He's a cat that cannot be ignoredCopy !req
675. So nothing went wrong
On the Northern MailCopy !req
676. When Skimbleshanks was aboardCopy !req
677. It was very pleasant
When they found their little denCopy !req
678. With their name
Written up on the doorCopy !req
679. And the berth was very neat
With a newly folded sheetCopy !req
680. And not a speck of dust
On the floorCopy !req
681. There was every sort of light
You could make it dark or brightCopy !req
682. And a button you could turn
To make a breezeCopy !req
683. And a funny little basin
You're supposed to wash your face inCopy !req
684. And a crank to shut
The window should you sneezeCopy !req
685. Then the guard looked in politely
And would ask you very brightlyCopy !req
686. Do you like your morning tea
Weak or strong?Copy !req
687. But I was just behind him
And was ready to remind himCopy !req
688. For Skimble won't let
Anything go wrongCopy !req
689. When they crept into
Their cosy berthsCopy !req
690. And pulled down the counterpaneCopy !req
691. They ought to reflect
It was very niceCopy !req
692. To know that they wouldn't
Be bothered by miceCopy !req
693. They would leave all that
To the Railway CatCopy !req
694. The cat of the railway trainCopy !req
695. Skimbleshanks the Railway CatCopy !req
696. The cat of the railway trainCopy !req
697. Skimbleshanks the Railway CatCopy !req
698. The cat of the railway trainCopy !req
699. In the watches of the night
I was always fresh and brightCopy !req
700. Every now and then
I'd have a cup of teaCopy !req
701. With perhaps a drop of Scotch
When I was keeping on the watchCopy !req
702. Only stopping here and there
To catch a fleaCopy !req
703. They were fast asleep at Crewe
And so they never knewCopy !req
704. That I was walking
Up and down the stationCopy !req
705. They were sleeping all the while
I was busy at CarlisleCopy !req
706. Where I met the station master
With elationCopy !req
707. They might see me at Dumfries
If I summoned the policeCopy !req
708. If there was anything
They ought to know aboutCopy !req
709. When they got to Gallowgate
There they did not have to waitCopy !req
710. For Skimbleshanks will help them
To get outCopy !req
711. And heCopy !req
712. Gives you a wave
Of his long brown tailCopy !req
713. Which says I'll see you againCopy !req
714. You will meet without fail
On the midnight mailCopy !req
715. The cat of the railway trainCopy !req
716. The cat of the railwayCopy !req
717. TrainCopy !req
718. Macavity!Copy !req
719. Macavity's a mystery catCopy !req
720. He's called the Hidden PawCopy !req
721. For he's the master criminalCopy !req
722. Who can defy the lawCopy !req
723. He's the bafflement
Of Scotland YardCopy !req
724. The Flying Squad's despairCopy !req
725. For when they reach
The scene of crimeCopy !req
726. Macavity's not there!Copy !req
727. Macavity, Macavity
There's no one like MacavityCopy !req
728. He's broken every human lawCopy !req
729. He breaks the law of gravityCopy !req
730. His powers of levitationCopy !req
731. Would make a fakir stareCopy !req
732. And when you reach
the scene of crimeCopy !req
733. Macavity's not thereCopy !req
734. You may seek him in the basementCopy !req
735. You may look up in the airCopy !req
736. But I tell you once and once again
Macavity's not there!Copy !req
737. Macavity's a ginger catCopy !req
738. He's very tall and thinCopy !req
739. You would know him if you saw himCopy !req
740. For his eyes are sunken inCopy !req
741. His brow is deeply
Lined with thoughtCopy !req
742. His head is highly domedCopy !req
743. His coat is dusty from neglectCopy !req
744. His whiskers are uncombedCopy !req
745. He sways his head from side to sideCopy !req
746. With movements like a snakeCopy !req
747. And when you think he's half asleepCopy !req
748. He's always wide awakeCopy !req
749. Macavity, Macavity
There's no one like MacavityCopy !req
750. For he's a fiend in feline shapeCopy !req
751. A monster of depravityCopy !req
752. You may meet him in a by-streetCopy !req
753. You may see him in the squareCopy !req
754. But when a crime's discovered
Then Macavity's not thereCopy !req
755. He's outwardly respectableCopy !req
756. I know he cheats at cardsCopy !req
757. And his footprints are not found inCopy !req
758. Any files of Scotland Yard'sCopy !req
759. And when the larder's lootedCopy !req
760. Or the jewel case is rifledCopy !req
761. Or when the milk is missingCopy !req
762. Or another Peke's been stifledCopy !req
763. Or the greenhouse glass is brokenCopy !req
764. And the trellis past repairCopy !req
765. There's the wonder of the thing
Macavity's not there!Copy !req
766. Macavity, Macavity
There's no one like MacavityCopy !req
767. There never was a catCopy !req
768. Of such deceitfulness and suavityCopy !req
769. He always has an alibiCopy !req
770. And one or two to spareCopy !req
771. Whatever time the deed took place
Macavity wasn't thereCopy !req
772. And they say that all the catsCopy !req
773. Whose wicked deeds are widely knownCopy !req
774. I might mention MungojerrieCopy !req
775. I might mention GriddleboneCopy !req
776. Are nothing more than agentsCopy !req
777. For the cat who all the timeCopy !req
778. Just controls the operationsCopy !req
779. The Napoleon of Crime!Copy !req
780. Macavity, Macavity
There's no one like MacavityCopy !req
781. He's a fiend in feline shapeCopy !req
782. A monster of depravityCopy !req
783. You may meet him in a by-streetCopy !req
784. You may see him in the squareCopy !req
785. But when a crime's discovered
Then MacavityCopy !req
786. MacavityCopy !req
787. MacavityCopy !req
788. MacavityCopy !req
789. When a crime's discovered
Then Macavity's not thereCopy !req
790. (Cats ) Macavity!Copy !req
791. (Cats whisper) Macavity's not there.Copy !req
792. We have to findCopy !req
793. Old DeuteronomyCopy !req
794. You ought to ask
Magical Mr MistoffeleesCopy !req
795. The original Conjuring Cat
There can be no doubt about thatCopy !req
796. Please listen to me
And don't scoffCopy !req
797. All his inventions
Are off his own batCopy !req
798. There's no such cat in the metropolis
He holds all the patent monopoliesCopy !req
799. For performing surprising illusionsCopy !req
800. And creating eccentric confusionsCopy !req
801. The greatest magicians
Have something to learnCopy !req
802. From Mr Mistoffelees'
Conjuring turnCopy !req
803. And we all sayCopy !req
804. Well, I never
Was there ever a cat so cleverCopy !req
805. As magical Mr MistoffeleesCopy !req
806. He is quiet, he is small,
He is blackCopy !req
807. From his ears
To the tip of his tailCopy !req
808. He can creep
Through the tiniest crackCopy !req
809. He can walk on the narrowest railCopy !req
810. He can pick any card from the packCopy !req
811. He's equally cunning with diceCopy !req
812. He's always deceiving you
Into believingCopy !req
813. That he's only hunting for miceCopy !req
814. He can play any trick with a corkCopy !req
815. Or a spoon and a bit of fish pasteCopy !req
816. If you look for a knife or a forkCopy !req
817. And you think
That it's merely misplacedCopy !req
818. You have seen it one moment
But then it is goneCopy !req
819. But you find it next week
Laying out on the lawnCopy !req
820. And we all sayCopy !req
821. Well, I never
Was there ever a cat so cleverCopy !req
822. As magical Mr Mistoffelees
Presto!Copy !req
823. Well, I never
Was there ever a cat so cleverCopy !req
824. As magical Mr MistoffeleesCopy !req
825. Well, I never
Was there ever a cat so cleverCopy !req
826. As magical Mr MistoffeleesCopy !req
827. His manner is vague and aloofCopy !req
828. And you would think
There was nobody shyerCopy !req
829. But his voice can be
Heard on the roofCopy !req
830. While he was curled up by the fireCopy !req
831. And he's sometimes
Been heard by the fireCopy !req
832. While he was about on the roofCopy !req
833. At least we all heard
That somebody purredCopy !req
834. Which is incontestable proofCopy !req
835. Of his singular magical powersCopy !req
836. And I've known the family to callCopy !req
837. Him in from the garden for hoursCopy !req
838. While he was asleep in the hallCopy !req
839. And not long ago
This phenomenal catCopy !req
840. Produced seven kittensCopy !req
841. Right out of a hatCopy !req
842. And we all sayCopy !req
843. Well, I never
Was there ever a cat so cleverCopy !req
844. As magical Mr Mistoffelees...Copy !req
845. Magical!Copy !req
846. And not long ago,
This phenomenal catCopy !req
847. Produced seven kittensCopy !req
848. Right out of a hat...Copy !req
849. And we all sayCopy !req
850. Well, I neverCopy !req
851. Was there ever a cat so cleverCopy !req
852. As magical Mr MistoffeleesCopy !req
853. Well, I never
Was there ever a cat so cleverCopy !req
854. As magical Mr MistoffeleesCopy !req
855. Well, I never
Was there ever a cat so cleverCopy !req
856. As magical Mr Mistoffelees...Copy !req
857. Mystical!Copy !req
858. Well, I never
Was there ever a cat so clever...Copy !req
859. Magical! Mystical!Copy !req
860. Well, I never
Was there ever a cat so cleverCopy !req
861. As magical Mr MistoffeleesCopy !req
862. I give you the magical...Copy !req
863. The marvellous... Mr Mistoffelees!Copy !req
864. DaylightCopy !req
865. See the dew on a sunflowerCopy !req
866. And a rose that is fadingCopy !req
867. Roses wither awayCopy !req
868. Like the sunflowerCopy !req
869. I yearn to turn my face to the dawnCopy !req
870. I am waitingCopy !req
871. For the day...Copy !req
872. Now Old DeuteronomyCopy !req
873. Just before dawnCopy !req
874. Through a silence you feel
You could cut with a knifeCopy !req
875. Announces the cat
Who can now be rebornCopy !req
876. And come back to a different
Jellicle LifeCopy !req
877. MemoryCopy !req
878. Turn your face to the moonlightCopy !req
879. Let your memory lead youCopy !req
880. Open up, enter inCopy !req
881. If you find thereCopy !req
882. The meaning of what happiness isCopy !req
883. Then a new lifeCopy !req
884. Will beginCopy !req
885. MemoryCopy !req
886. All alone in the moonlightCopy !req
887. I can smile at the old daysCopy !req
888. I was beautiful thenCopy !req
889. I rememberCopy !req
890. A time I knew what happiness wasCopy !req
891. Let the memoryCopy !req
892. Live againCopy !req
893. Burnt out ends of smoky daysCopy !req
894. The stale cold smellCopy !req
895. Of morningCopy !req
896. The street lamp diesCopy !req
897. Another night is overCopy !req
898. Another dayCopy !req
899. Is dawningCopy !req
900. DaylightCopy !req
901. I must wait for the sunriseCopy !req
902. I must think of the new lifeCopy !req
903. And I mustn't give inCopy !req
904. When the dawn comesCopy !req
905. Tonight will be a memory, tooCopy !req
906. And the new dayCopy !req
907. Will beginCopy !req
908. Sunlight through the trees
In summerCopy !req
909. Endless masqueradingCopy !req
910. Like a flower
As the dawn is breakingCopy !req
911. The memoryCopy !req
912. Is fadingCopy !req
913. Touch meCopy !req
914. It's so easy to leave meCopy !req
915. All alone with the memoryCopy !req
916. Of my days in the sunCopy !req
917. If you touch meCopy !req
918. You'll understand what happiness isCopy !req
919. Look, a new dayCopy !req
920. Has begunCopy !req
921. Up up up
Past the Russell HotelCopy !req
922. Up up up up
To the Heaviside LayerCopy !req
923. Up up up
Past the Russell HotelCopy !req
924. Up up up up
To the Heaviside LayerCopy !req
925. Up up up
Past the Russell HotelCopy !req
926. Up up up up
To the Heaviside LayerCopy !req
927. Up up up
Past the Russell HotelCopy !req
928. Up up up up
To the Heaviside LayerCopy !req
929. Up up up
Past the Jellicle MoonCopy !req
930. Up up up up
To the Heaviside LayerCopy !req
931. Up up up
Past the Jellicle MoonCopy !req
932. Up up up up
To the Heaviside LayerCopy !req
933. The mystical divinityCopy !req
934. Of unashamed felinityCopy !req
935. Round the cathedralCopy !req
936. Rang vivatCopy !req
937. Life toCopy !req
938. The everlastingCopy !req
939. CatCopy !req
940. You've heard of
Several kinds of catCopy !req
941. And my opinion now is thatCopy !req
942. You should need no interpreterCopy !req
943. To understand our characterCopy !req
944. You've learned enough
To take the viewCopy !req
945. That cats are very much like youCopy !req
946. You've seen us both
At work and gamesCopy !req
947. And learnt about our proper namesCopy !req
948. Our habits and our habitatCopy !req
949. But how would youCopy !req
950. Address a cat?Copy !req
951. So firstCopy !req
952. Your memory I'll jogCopy !req
953. And say a catCopy !req
954. Is not a dogCopy !req
955. So firstCopy !req
956. Your memory I'll jogCopy !req
957. And say a catCopy !req
958. Is not a dogCopy !req
959. With catsCopy !req
960. Some say one rule is trueCopy !req
961. Don't speak till youCopy !req
962. Are spoken toCopy !req
963. Myself, I do not hold with thatCopy !req
964. I say you should address a catCopy !req
965. But always keep in mind that heCopy !req
966. Resents familiarityCopy !req
967. You bowCopy !req
968. And taking off your hatCopy !req
969. Address him inCopy !req
970. This formCopy !req
971. "Cat!"Copy !req
972. Before a cat will condescendCopy !req
973. To treat you as a trusted friendCopy !req
974. Some little token of esteemCopy !req
975. Is needed, like a dish of creamCopy !req
976. And you might now and then supplyCopy !req
977. Some caviar or Strassburg PieCopy !req
978. Some potted grouse or salmon pasteCopy !req
979. He's sure to have
His personal tasteCopy !req
980. And so in time you reach your aimCopy !req
981. And call himCopy !req
982. By his nameCopy !req
983. A cat's entitled to expectCopy !req
984. These evidences of respectCopy !req
985. So this is thisCopy !req
986. And that is thatCopy !req
987. And there's how you address a catCopy !req
988. A cat's entitled to expectCopy !req
989. These evidences of respectCopy !req
990. So this is thisCopy !req
991. And that is thatCopy !req
992. And there's how you addressCopy !req
993. A CatCopy !req