Old Deuteronomy Lyrics

MISTOFFELEES: Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme A long while before Queen Victoria's accession TUGGER: Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives And more I am tempted to say ninety-nine And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives And the village is proud of him in his decline MISTOFFELEES: At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall The oldest inhabitant croaks, "Well of all things! Can it be, really! Yes...No...Ho...Hi! Oh my eye! My mind may be wandering but I confess I believe it is Old Deuteronomy" TUGGER: Old Deuteronomy sits in the street He sits in the High Street on market day The Bullocks may bellow, the sheep they may bleat But the dogs and the herdsmen will turn them away MISTOFFELEES: The cars and the lorries run over the curb And the villagers put up a notice: "ROAD CLOSED" So that nothing untoward may chance to disturb Deuteronomy's rest when he feels so disposed TUGGER: The digestive repose of that feline's gastronomy Must never be broken, whatever befall MISTOFFELEES: And the oldest inhabitant croaks, "Well of all things! Can it be, really! Yes...No...Ho...Hi! Oh my eye! My mind may be wandering but I confess I believe it is Old Deuteronomy" CHORUS Well of all things! Can it be, really! Yes...No...Ho...Hi! Oh my eye! My mind may be wandering but I confess I believe it is Old Deuteronomy Well of all things! Can it be, really! Yes...No...Ho...Hi! Oh my eye! My mind may be wandering but I confess I believe it is Old Deuteronomy Well of all things! Can it be, really! Yes...No...Ho...Hi! Oh my eye! DEUTERONOMY: My legs may be tottery, I must go slow And be careful of Old Deuteronomy Pollicle dogs and cats all must Jellicle cats and dogs all must Like undertakers, come to dust MUNKUSTRAP: And now that Old Deuteronomy has appeared, Jellicle Cats can now all REJOICE!