Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat Lyrics

Old Deuteronomy: SKIMBLESHANKS
Jemima:          THE RAILWAY CAT
All Jellicles:   THE CAT OF THE RAILWAY TRAIN
                 THERE'S A WHISPER DOWN THE LINE AT 11:39
                 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!"
Skimbleshanks:   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 CAN'T GO!"
All Jellicles:   THEN HE GAVE ONE FLASH OF HIS GLASS GREEN EYES
                 AND THE SIGNAL WENT "ALL CLEAR!"
Skimbleshanks:   THEY'D BE OFF AT LAST FOR THE NORTHERN PART
                 OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
All Jellicles:   SKIMBLESHANKS, THE RAILWAY CAT
                 THE CAT OF THE RAILWAY TRAIN
Skimbleshanks:   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
All Jellicles:   DOWN THE CORRIDOR HE PACES
                 AND EXAMINES ALL THE FACES
                 OF THE TRAVELERS IN THE FIRST AND THE THIRD
                 HE ESTABLISHES CONTROL BY A REGULAR PATROL
                 AND HE'D KNOW AT ONCE IF ANYTHING OCCURRED
                 HE WOULD WATCH YOU WITHOUT WINKING
                 AND HE SAW WHAT YOU WERE THINKING
                 AND IT'S CERTAIN THAT HE DIDN'T APPROVE
                 OF HILARITY AND RIOT, SO THE FOLK WERE VERY QUIET
                 WHEN SKIMBLE WAS ABOUT AND ON THE MOVE
                 YOU COULD PLAY NO PRANKS WITH SKIMBLESHANKS
                 HE'S A CAT THAT COULDN'T BE IGNORED
                 SO NOTHING WENT WRONG ON THE NORTHERN MAIL
                 WHEN SKIMBLESHANKS WAS ABOARD!
Skimbleshanks:   IT WAS VERY PLEASANT WHEN THEY'D FOUND THEIR LITTLE DEN
                 WITH THEIR NAME WRITTEN UP ON THE DOOR
                 AND THE BERTH WAS VERY NEAT WITH A NEWLY FOLDED SHEET
                 AND NOT A SPECK OF DUST ON THE FLOOR
                 THERE WAS EVERY SORT OF LIGHT
                 YOU COULD MAKE IT DARK OR BRIGHT
                 AND A BUTTON YOU COULD TURN TO MAKE A BREEZE
                 AND A FUNNY LITTLE BASIN
                 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WASH YOUR FACE IN
                 AND A CRANK TO SHUT THE WINDOW SHOULD YOU SNEEZE
                 THEN THE GUARD LOOKED IN POLITELY
                 AND WOULD ASK YOU VERY BRIGHTLY
                 "DO YOU LIKE YOUR MORNING TEA
All Jellicles:   WEAK OR STRONG?"
Skimbleshanks:   BUT I WAS JUST BEHIND HIM
                 AND WAS READY TO REMIND HIM
                 FOR SKIMBLE WON'T LET ANYTHING GO WRONG
All Jellicles:   WHEN THEY CREPT INTO THEIR COSY BERTH
                 AND PULLED UP THE COUNTERPANE
All the Toms:    THEY OUGHT TO REFLECT IT WAS VERY NICE
                 TO KNOW THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE BOTHERED BY MICE
                 THEY COULD LEAVE ALL THAT TO THE RAILWAY CAT
                 THE CAT OF THE RAILWAY CAT
All the Queens:  SKIMBLESHANKS
All the Toms:    SKIMBLESHANKS, THE RAILWAY CAT
                 THE CAT OF THE RAILWAY TRAIN
All the Queens:  SKIMBLESHANKS
All the Toms:    SKIMBLESHANKS, THE RAILWAY CAT
                 THE CAT OF THE RAILWAY TRAIN
Skimbleshanks:   IN THE WATCHES OF THE NIGHT
                 I WAS ALWAYS FRESH AND BRIGHT
                 EVERY NOW AND THEN I'D HAVE A CUP OF TEA
                 AND PERHAPS A DROP OF SCOTCH
                 WHILE I WAS KEEPING ON THE WATCH
                 ONLY STOPPING HERE AND THERE TO CATCH A FLEA
                 THEY WERE FAST ASLEEP AT CREWE
                 AND SO THEY NEVER KNEW
                 THAT I WAS WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STATION
                 THEY WERE SLEEPING ALL THE WHILE
                 I WAS BUSY AT CARLISLE
                 WHERE I MET THE STATIONMASTER WITH ELATION
                 THEY MIGHT SEE ME AT DUMFRIES
                 IF I SUMMONED THE POLICE
                 IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THEY OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT
All Jellicles:   WHEN YOU GOT TO GALLOWGATE
                 THERE YOU DID NOT HAVE TO WAIT
                 FOR SKIMBLESHANKS WOULD HELP THEM TO GET OUT
                 THEN HE'D GIVE YOU A WAVE OF HIS LONG BROWN TAIL 
                 WHICH SAID "I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN!
                 YOU WILL MEET WITHOUT FAIL ON THE MIDNIGHT MAIL
                 THE CAT OF THE RAILWAY TRAIN!"
                 YOU WILL MEET WITHOUT FAIL ON THE MIDNIGHT MAIL
                 THE CAT OF THE RAILWAY TRAIN!