Cats movie - Old Deuteronomy lyrics

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Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time<br>

He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession<br>

He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme<br>

A long while before Queen Victoria's accession <br>

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Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives<br>

And more - I am tempted to say ninety-nine<br>

And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives<br>

And the village is proud of him in his decline <br>

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At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy<br>

When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall <br>

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The Oldest Inhabitant croaks<br>

Well, of all things, can it be really?<br>

Yes! No! Ho! Hi! Oh, my eye!<br>

My mind may be wandering, but I confess<br>

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy! <br>

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Old Deuteronomy sits in the street<br>

He sits in the high street on market day<br>

The Bullocks may bellow, the sheep they may bleat<br>

But the dogs and the herdsmen will turn them away <br>

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The cars and the lorries run over the curb<br>

And the villagers put up a notice "Road closed"<br>

So that nothing untoward may chance to disturb<br>

Deuteronomy's rest when he feels so disposed <br>

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The digestive repose of that feline's gastronomy<br>

Must never be broken whate'er may befall <br>

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The Oldest Inhabitant croaks<br>

Well, of all things, can it be really?<br>

Yes! No! Ho! Hi! Oh, my eye!<br>

My mind may be wandering, but I confess<br>

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy! <br>

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Well, of all things, can it be really?<br>

Yes! No! Ho! Hi! Oh, my eye! <br>

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My legs may be tottery, I must go slow<br>

And be careful of Old Deuteronomy!<br>

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