Cats movie - Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat lyrics
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Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat, the Cat of the Railway Train<br>
There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine<br>
When the Night Mail's ready to depart<br>
Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble?<br>
Has he gone to hunt the thimble?<br>
We must find him or the train can't start" <br>
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All the guards and all the porters<br>
And the station master's daughters<br>
Would be searching high and low<br>
Saying "Skimble where is Skimble for unless he's very nimble<br>
Then the night mail just can't go." <br>
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At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue<br>
And the passengers all frantic to a man<br>
That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear<br>
I'd been busy in the luggage van! <br>
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Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes<br>
And the signal went "All Clear!"<br>
They'd be off at last to the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere! <br>
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Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat<br>
The Cat of the Railway Train<br>
You might say that by and large it was me who was in charge<br>
Of the Sleeping Car Express<br>
From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards<br>
I would supervise them all more or less <br>
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Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces<br>
Of the travellers in the first and the third<br>
He established control by a regular patrol<br>
And he'd know at once if anything occurred <br>
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He would watch you without winking and he saw what you were thinking<br>
And it's certain that he didn't approve<br>
Of hilarity and riot so that folk were very quiet<br>
When Skimble was about and on the move <br>
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You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks!<br>
He's a cat that couldn't be ignored<br>
So nothing went wrong on the Northern Mail<br>
When Skimbleshanks was aboard <br>
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It was very pleasant when they'd found their little den<br>
With their name written up on the door<br>
And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet<br>
And not a speck of dust upon the floor <br>
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There was every sort of light<br>
You could make it dark or bright<br>
And a button you could turn to make a breeze<br>
And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in<br>
And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze <br>
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Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly,<br>
"Do you like your morning tea weak or strong?"<br>
But I was just behind him and was ready to remind him<br>
For Skimble won't let anything go wrong <br>
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When they crept into their cosy berth and pulled up the counterpane<br>
They all could reflect that it was very nice<br>
To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice<br>
They can leave all that to the Railway Cat<br>
The Cat of the Railway Train <br>
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Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat<br>
The Cat of the Railway Train<br>
In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright<br>
Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea<br>
With perhaps a drop of scotch while I was keeping on the watch<br>
Only stopping here and there to catch a flea <br>
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They were fast asleep at Crewe and so they never knew<br>
That I was walking up and down the station<br>
They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle<br>
Where I met the station master with elation <br>
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They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned the police<br>
If there was anything they ought to know about <br>
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When they got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait<br>
For Skimbleshanks would help them to get out! <br>
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And he gives a wave of his long brown tail<br>
Which says "I'll see you again!<br>
You'll meet without fail on the Midnight Mail<br>
The Cat of the Railway Train!"<br>
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