CATS - Mungojerrie And Rumpelteazer lyrics

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Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer<br />

We're a notorious couple of cats<br />

As knockabout clowns, quick change comedians<br />

Tight rope walkers and acrobats<br />

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They had an extensive reputation<br />

They make our home in Victoria Grove<br />

That was merely their center of operation<br />

For they were incurably given to rove<br />

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If the area window is found ajar<br />

And the basement looked like a field of war<br />

If a tile or two came loose on the roof<br />

Which presently seems to be waterproof<br />

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If the drawers were pulled out from the bedroom chests<br />

And you couldn't find one of your winter vests<br />

Or after supper one of the girls<br />

Suddenly missed her Woolworth pearls<br />

Then the family would say, "It's that horrible cat<br />

It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer"<br />

And most of the time they left it at that<br />

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Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer<br />

Had an unusual gift of the gab<br />

They were highly efficient cat burglars as well<br />

And remarkably smart at a smash and grab<br />

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They make our home in Victoria Grove<br />

They had no regular occupation<br />

They were plausible fellows who like to engage<br />

A friendly policeman in conversation<br />

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When the family assembles for Sunday dinner<br />

Their minds made up that they wouldn't get thinner<br />

On Argentine joint, potatoes and greens<br />

Then the cook would appear from behind the scenes<br />

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And say in a voice that was broken with sorrow<br />

"I'm afraid you must wait and have dinner tomorrow<br />

The joint has gone from the oven like that"<br />

The family will say, "It's that horrible cat<br />

It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer"<br />

And most of the time they left it at that<br />

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Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer<br />

Have a wonderful way of working together<br />

And some of the time you would say it was luck<br />

And some of the time you would say it was weather<br />

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They go through the house like a hurricane<br />

And no sober person could take his oath<br />

Was it Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer?<br />

Or could you have sworn that it mightn't be both?<br />

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And when you heard a dining room smash<br />

Or up from the pantry there came a loud crash<br />

Or down from the library came a loud ping<br />

From a vase which was commonly said to be Ming<br />

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Then the family would say, "Now which was which cat?<br />

It was Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer"<br />

And there's nothing at all could be done about that<br />

And there's nothing at all to be done about that