"Do you like your morning tea weak or strong?"īut I was just behind him and was ready to remind him, Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly There was every sort of light - you could make it dark or bright:Īnd a button you could turn to make a breeze.Īnd a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your faceĪnd a crank to shut the window should you sneeze. It was very pleasant when they found their little den,Īnd the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet, So nothing went wrong on the Northern Mail You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks! Of hilarity and riot, so the folk were very quiet He establishes control by a regular patrolĪnd he'd know at once if anything occurred. Of the travellers in the First and the Third I would supervise them all, more or less.ĭown the corridor he paces and examines all the faces
SKIMBLE SHANKS THE RAILWAY CAT DRIVER
You could say that by and large it was me who was in chargeįrom the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards They'd be off at last to the northern part Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear: Saying "Skimble, where is Skimble, for unless he's very nimbleĪt eleven forty-two with the signal overdueĪnd the passengers all frantic to a man. We must find him or the train can't start!"Īll the guards and all the porters and the stationmaster's daughters Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble, has he gone to hunt the thimble There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine Eliot, with additions by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe. Lyrics are taken from and based off "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and other poems by T.S. "Cats" and all related things are the property of Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Really Useful Group, and related parties. Cats Lyrics Page ~ "Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat"
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