Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat, artist - Andrew Lloyd Webber. Album song Unmasked: The Platinum Collection, in the genre Мюзиклы
Date of issue: 15.03.2018
Record label: The Really Useful Group
Song language: English
Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat |
We are pulled back to the present as «Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat» |
introduces himself. |
A friendly uncle to all of the cats, Skimbleshanks |
attends the trains he rides, and makes sure every detail is perfect. |
SOLO: |
Skimbleshanks the railway cat, the cat of the railway train |
There’s a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine |
When the night mail’s ready to depart |
Saying, «Skimble, where is Skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble |
We must find him or the train can’t start!» |
SKIMBLESHANKS: |
All the guards and all the porters and the stationmaster’s daughters |
Would be searching high and low |
Saying «Skimble, where is Skimble for unless he’s very nimble |
Then the night mail just can’t go» |
At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue |
And the passengers all frantic to a man |
That’s when I would appear and I’d saunter to the rear |
I’d been busy in the luggage van! |
ALL: |
Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes |
And the signal went «All clear!» |
They’d be off at last for the northern part of the northern hemisphere! |
Skimbleshanks, the railway cat, the cat of the railway train |
SKIMBLESHANKS: |
You might say that by and large it was me who was in charge |
Of the sleeping car express |
From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards |
I would supervise them all more or less |
ALL: |
Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces |
Of the travellers in the first and the third |
He established control by a regular patrol |
And he’d know at once if anything occurred |
He would watch you without winking and he saw what you were thinking |
And it’s certain that he didn’t approve |
Of hilarity and riot so that folk were very quiet |
When Skimble was about and on the move |
You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks |
He’s a cat that couldn’t be ignored |
So nothing went wrong on the northern mail |
When Skimbleshanks was aboard |
SKIMBLESHANKS: |
It was very pleasant when they’d found their little den |
With their name written up on the door |
And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet on And not a speck of dust on the floor |
There was every sort of light you could make it dark or bright |
And a button you could turn to make a breeze |
And a funny little basin you’re supposed to wash your face in And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze |
Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly |
«Do you like your morning tea weak or strong?» |
But I just behind him and was ready to remind him |
For Skimble won’t let anything go wrong |
When they crept into their cozy berth and pulled the counterpane |
They ought to reflect that it was very nice |
To know that they wouldn’t be bothered by mice |
They can leave all that to the railway cat |
The cat of the railway train |
ALL: |
Skimbleshanks, the railway cat, the cat of the railway train |
SKIMBLESHANKS: |
In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright |
Every now and then I’d have a cup of tea |
With perhaps a drop of scotch while I was busy keeping on the watch |
Only stopping here and there to catch a flea |
They were fast asleep at Crewe |
And so they never knew that I was walking up and down the station |
They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle |
Where I met the stationmaster with elation |
They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned the police |
If there was anything they ought to know about |
When they got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait |
For Skimbleshanks will help them to get out |
ALL: |
And he gives you a wave of his long brown tail |
Which says, «I'll see you again» |
You’ll meet without fail on the midnight mail |
The cat of the railway train |
You’ll meet without fail on the midnight mail |
The cat of the railway train |