[00:00.000] 作词 : Andrew Lloyd Webber/T.S. Eliot
[00:00.249] 作曲 : Andrew Lloyd Webber
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[00:05.559]Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat
[00:10.569]The Cat of the Railway Train
[00:15.874]There's a whisper down the line
[00:17.384]At eleven thirty-nine
[00:19.259]When the Night Mail's ready to depart
[00:22.095]Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble?
[00:23.930]Has he gone to hunt the thimble?
[00:25.781]We must find him or the train can't start!"
[00:28.643]All the guards and all the porters
[00:30.273]And the stationmaster's daughters
[00:31.969]Would be searching high and low
[00:35.058]Saying "Skimble, where is Skimble?
[00:36.818]For unless he's very nimble
[00:38.706]Then the Night Mail just can't go."
[00:42.028]At eleven forty-two
[00:43.505]With the signal overdue
[00:45.026]And the passengers all frantic to a man
[00:48.405]That's when I would appear
[00:51.244]And I'd saunter to the rear
[00:55.085]I'd been busy in the luggage van!
[00:59.857]Then he gives one flash
[01:02.108]Of his glass-green eyes
[01:03.468]And the signal goes "All Clear!"
[01:06.524]And we're off at last
[01:08.160]For the northern part
[01:09.652]Of the Northern Hemisphere!
[01:31.721]Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat
[01:35.754]Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat
[01:40.308]Skimbleshanks
[01:42.219]Skimbleshanks
[01:44.072]Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat
[01:49.107]The Cat of the Railway Train
[01:54.109]You could say that by and large
[01:56.022]It was me who was in charge
[01:57.550]Of the Sleeping Car Express
[02:00.409]From the driver and the guards
[02:02.021]To the bagmen playing cards
[02:03.941]I would supervise them all, more or less
[02:07.109]I will watch without winking
[02:08.559]And I'll see what you are thinking
[02:10.512]And it's certain that I wouldn't approve
[02:13.693]Of hilarity and riot
[02:16.011]So the folk are very quiet
[02:18.034]When Skimble is about and on the move
[02:22.725]You can play no pranks with Skimbleshanks
[02:26.451]I'm a Cat that cannot be ignored!
[02:29.333]So nothing goes wrong
[02:30.973]On the Northern Mail
[02:32.484]When Skimbleshanks is aboard
[02:38.590]Oh, it's very pleasant
[02:39.851]When you've found your little den
[02:41.133]With your name written up on the door (Woo! Woo!)
[02:44.433]And the berth is very neat
[02:46.054]With a newly folded sheet
[02:47.639]And there's not a speck of dust on the floor
[02:51.054]Then the guard looks in politely
[02:52.967]And will ask you very brightly
[02:54.762]"Do you like your morning tea?
[02:56.304](Weak or strong)
[02:57.926]But I was just behind him
[03:00.105]And was ready to remind him
[03:01.973]For Skimble won't let anything go wrong
[03:06.805]When you creep into your cozy berths and pull up the counterpane
[03:13.123]You ought to reflect that it's very nice
[03:17.116]To know that you won't be bothered by mice
[03:20.836]You can leave all that to the Railway Cat
[03:23.052]The Cat of the Railway Train
[03:26.319]Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat (Skimbleshanks)
[03:31.141]The Cat of the Railway Train
[03:36.149]And he gives you a wave
[03:37.921]Of his long brown tail
[03:39.639]Which says, "I'll see you again!"
[03:42.139]You will meet without fail
[03:44.337]On the Midnight Mail
[03:46.375]The Cat of the Railway Train!