[ti:Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat]
[ar:Andrew Lloyd Webber]
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[00:00.64]Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat - Andrew Lloyd Webber
[00:05.82]Skimbleshanks the railway cat, the cat of the railway train
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[00:16.14]There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine
[00:18.95]When the night mail's ready to depart
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[00:22.32]Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble
[00:25.38]We must find him or the train can't start!"
[00:28.81]All the guards and all the porters and the stationmaster's daughters
[00:31.75]Would be searching high and low
[00:34.67]
[00:35.36]Saying "Skimble, where is Skimble for unless he's very nimble
[00:38.74]Then the night mail just can't go"
[00:41.16]
[00:41.92]At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue
[00:45.28]And the passengers all frantic to a man
[00:47.72]
[00:49.03]That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear
[00:52.15]I'd been busy in the luggage van!
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[00:57.01]Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes
[01:00.44]And the signal went "All clear!"
[01:03.62]They'd be off at last for the northern part of the northern hemisphere!
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[01:10.05]Skimbleshanks, the railway cat, the cat of the railway train
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[01:18.88]You might say that by and large it was me who was in charge
[01:22.38]Of the sleeping car express
[01:24.87]
[01:25.50]From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards
[01:28.74]I would supervise them all more or less
[01:31.17]
[01:32.11]Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces
[01:35.18]Of the travellers in the first and the third
[01:37.99]
[01:38.73]He established control by a regular patrol
[01:41.68]And he'd know at once if anything occurred
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[01:45.17]He would watch you without winking and he saw what you were thinking
[01:48.35]And it's certain that he didn't approve
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[01:51.65]Of hilarity and riot so that folk were very quiet
[01:55.22]When Skimble was about and on the move
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[02:00.09]You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks
[02:03.27]He's a cat that couldn't be ignored
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[02:06.64]So nothing went wrong on the northern mail
[02:09.94]When Skimbleshanks was aboard
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[02:15.49]It was very pleasant when they'd found their little den
[02:18.30]With their name written up on the door
[02:20.68]
[02:21.49]And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet on
[02:24.73]And not a speck of dust on the floor
[02:27.28]
[02:28.35]There was every sort of light you could make it dark or bright
[02:31.65]And a button you could turn to make a breeze
[02:34.16]
[02:34.84]And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in
[02:38.08]And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze
[02:40.58]
[02:41.51]Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly
[02:44.33]"Do you like your morning tea weak or strong?"
[02:48.45]But I just behind him and was ready to remind him
[02:51.83]For Skimble won't let anything go wrong
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[02:56.25]When they crept into their cozy berth and pulled the counterpane
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[03:03.19]They ought to reflect that it was very nice
[03:06.37]To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice
[03:09.75]They can leave all that to the railway cat
[03:12.62]The cat of the railway train
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[03:15.98]Skimbleshanks, the railway cat, the cat of the railway train
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[03:25.85]In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright
[03:28.97]Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea
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[03:32.28]With perhaps a drop of scotch while I was busy keeping on the watch
[03:35.64]Only stopping here and there to catch a flea
[03:38.08]
[03:38.64]They were fast asleep at Crewe
[03:40.25]And so they never knew that I was walking up and down the station
[03:44.38]
[03:45.19]They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle
[03:48.19]Where I met the stationmaster with elation
[03:50.30]
[03:51.43]They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned the police
[03:54.24]If there was anything they ought to know about
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[03:58.24]When they got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait
[04:01.61]For Skimbleshanks will help them to get out
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[04:10.66]And he gives you a wave of his long brown tail
[04:14.84]Which says, "I'll see you again"
[04:17.89]You'll meet without fail on the midnight mail
[04:21.26]The cat of the railway train