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GEORGE:
There`s a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine
When the night mail`s ready to depart
RUMPLETEAZER:
Saying, `Skimble, where is Skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble
We must find him or the train can`t start!`
GEORGE:
All the guards and all the porters and the station-master`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`
At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue
And the passengers all frantic to a man
SKIMBLE:
That`s when I would appear and I`d saunter to the rear
I`d been busy in the luggage van!
CHORUS:
Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes
And the signal went `All clear!`
SKIMBLE:
They`d be off at last for the northern part of the northern hemisphere!
CHORUS:
Skimbleshanks, the railway cat, the cat of the railway train
SKIMBLE:
You might 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
CHORUS:
Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces
Of the travellers in the first and the third
RUMPLETEAZER:
He established control by a regular patrol
CHORUS:
And he`d know at once if anything occurred
GEORGE:
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 that folk were very quiet
When Skimble was about and on the move
CHORUS:
You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks
He`s a cat that couldn`t be ignored
RUMPLETEAZER:
So nothing went wrong on the northern mail
When Skimbleshanks was aboard
SKIMBLE:
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 on
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
CHORUS (spoken):
`Weak or strong?`
SKIMBLE:
But I just behind him and was ready to remind him
For Skimble won`t let anything go wrong
CHORUS:
When they crept into their cozy berth and pulled the counterpane
They ought to reflect that it was very nice
To know that they wouldn`t be bothered by mice
They can leave all that to the railway cat
The cat of the railway train
Skimbleshanks, the railway cat, the cat of the railway train!
SKIMBLE:
In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright
Every now and then I`d have a cup of tea
With perhaps a drop of scotch while I was busy 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 station-master with elation
They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned the police
If there was anything they ought to know about
CHORUS:
When they got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait
For Skimbleshanks will help them to get out
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
You`ll meet without fail on the midnight mail
The cat of the railway train