歌曲名 Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat(From The Motion Picture Soundtrack "Cats")

歌手名 Steven McRae+Robbie Fairchild

作词：T.S. Eliot

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

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 won'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

Then he gave one flash

Of his glass-green eyes

And the signal goes All Clear

They'd be off at last

To the northern part

Of the Northern Hemisphere

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

Skimbleshanks Skimbleshanks

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

The Cat of the Railway Train

You could 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

I would watch you without winking

And I see what you were thinking

And it's certain that I didn't approve

Of hilarity and riot

So the folk were very quiet

When Skimble is about and on the move

You can play no pranks with Skimbleshanks

I'm a Cat that cannot be ignored

So nothing goes wrong

On the Northern Mail

When Skimbleshanks is aboard

It's very pleasant

When you found your little den

With your name written up on the door

And the berth is very neat

With a newly folded sheet

And not a speck of dust on the floor

Then the guard looked in politely

And would ask you very brightly

Do you like your morning tea

Weak or strong

But I was just behind him

And was ready to remind him

For Skimble won't let anything go wrong

When you creep into your cozy berths and pull up the counterpane

You all could reflect it's very nice

To know that you won't be bothered by mice

You can leave all that to the Railway Cat

The Cat of the Railway Train

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat

The Cat of the Railway Train

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