Cats movie - Gus: The Theatre Cat lyrics
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Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door<br>
His name as I ought to have told you before<br>
Is really Asparagus, but that's such a fuss<br>
To pronounce that we usually call him<br>
Just Gus <br>
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His coat's very shabby<br>
He's thin as a rake<br>
And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake<br>
Yet he was in his youth quite the smartest of cats<br>
But no longer a terror to mice or to rats<br>
For he isn't the cat that he was in his prime<br>
Though his name was quite famous, he says, in his time<br>
And whenever he joins his friends at their club<br>
(Which takes place at the back of the neighbouring pub)<br>
He loves to regale them if someone else pays<br>
With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days<br>
For he once was a star of the highest degree<br>
He has acted with Irving, he's acted with Tree<br>
And he likes to relate his success on the halls<br>
Where the gallery once gave him seven catcalls<br>
But his grandest creation as he loves to tell<br>
Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell <br>
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"I have played, in my time, every possible part<br>
And I used to know seventy speeches by heart<br>
I'd extemporize backchat<br>
I knew how to gag<br>
And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag<br>
I knew how to act with my back and my tail<br>
With an hour of rehearsal<br>
I never could fail<br>
I'd a voice that would soften the hardest of hearts<br>
Whether I took the lead or in character parts <br>
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I have sat by the bedside of poor little Nell<br>
When the curfew was rung then I swung on the bell<br>
In the pantomime season I never fell flat<br>
And I once understudied Dick Whittington's cat<br>
But my grandest creation<br>
As history will tell<br>
Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell" <br>
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Then if someone will give him a toothful of gin<br>
He will tell how he once played a part in East Lynne<br>
At a Shakespeare performance he once walked on pat<br>
When some actor suggested the need for a cat <br>
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"And I say now these kittens<br>
They do not get trained<br>
As we did in the days when Victoria reigned<br>
They never get drilled in a regular troupe<br>
And they think they are smart<br>
Just to jump through a hoop" <br>
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And he says as he scratches himself with his claws<br>
"Well, the theatre is certainly not what it was<br>
These modern productions are all very well<br>
But there's nothing to equal from what I hear tell<br>
That moment of mystery when I made history<br>
As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell" <br>
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"I once crossed the stage on a telegraph wire<br>
To rescue a child when a house was on fire<br>
And I think that I still can much better than most<br>
Produce blood-curdling noises to bring on the ghost<br>
And I once played Growltiger<br>
Could do it again<br>
Could do it again<br>
Could do it again . . ." <br>
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