[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:05.44]Skimbleshanks the railway cat [00:10.30]The cat of the railway train [00:15.75]There's a whisper down the [00:16.56]Line at eleven thirty-nine [00:18.76]When the night mail's ready to depart [00:21.94]Saying  "Skimble [00:22.69]Where is Skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble [00:25.11]We must find him or the train can't start " [00:28.48]All the guards and all the porters [00:30.10]And the stationmaster's daughters [00:31.81]Would be searching high and low [00:35.08]Saying "Skimble [00:35.74]Where is Skimble for unless he's very nimble [00:38.59]Then the night mail just can't go" [00:41.63]At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue [00:45.15]And the passengers all frantic to a man [00:48.28]That's when I would appear [00:50.23]And I'd saunter to the rear [00:51.73]I'd been busy in the luggage van [00:56.60]Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes [01:00.28]And the signal went "All clear " [01:03.48]They'd be off at last for the [01:05.43]Northern part of the northern hemisphere [01:09.63]Skimbleshanks  the railway cat [01:13.72]The cat of the railway train [01:18.65]You might say that by and large [01:20.76]It was me who was in charge [01:22.27]Of the sleeping car express [01:25.34]From the driver and the guards [01:26.84]To the bagmen playing cards [01:28.55]I would supervise them all more or less [01:31.92]Down the corridor he paces [01:33.31]And examines all the faces [01:35.00]Of the travellers in the first and the third [01:38.48]He established control by a regular patrol [01:41.60]And he'd know at once if anything occurred [01:44.95]He would watch you without winking [01:46.53]And he saw what you were thinking [01:48.46]And it's certain that he didn't approve [01:51.62]Of hilarity and riot so that folk were very quiet [01:55.25]When Skimble was about and on the move [01:59.98]You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks [02:03.40]He's a cat that couldn't be ignored [02:06.58]So nothing went wrong on the northern mail [02:09.63]When Skimbleshanks was aboard [02:15.21]It was very pleasant [02:16.21]When they'd found their little den [02:18.09]With their name written up on the door [02:21.34]And the berth was very neat with [02:23.18]A newly folded sheet on [02:24.74]And not a speck of dust on the floor [02:28.07]There was every sort of light you [02:30.12]Could make it dark or bright [02:31.47]And a button you could turn to make a breeze [02:34.79]And a funny little basin you're [02:36.58]Supposed to wash your face in [02:38.22]And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze [02:41.51]Then the guard looked in politely [02:43.23]And would ask you very brightly [02:45.16]"Do you like your morning tea weak or strong " [02:48.46]But I just behind him and was ready to remind him [02:51.81]For Skimble won't let anything go wrong [02:56.54]When they crept into their cozy berth [03:00.03]And pulled the counterpane [03:03.13]They ought to reflect that it was very nice [03:06.60]To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice [03:09.70]They can leave all that to the railway cat [03:13.22]The cat of the railway train [03:15.90]Skimbleshanks  the railway cat [03:20.72]The cat of the railway train [03:26.00]In the watches of the night I was [03:27.75]Always fresh and bright [03:29.00]Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea [03:32.39]With perhaps a drop of scotch [03:33.80]While I was busy keeping on the watch [03:35.73]Only stopping here and there to catch a flea [03:38.70]They were fast asleep at Crewe [03:40.22]And so they never knew that I was [03:42.43]Walking up and down the station [03:45.29]They were sleeping all the [03:46.50]While I was busy at Carlisle [03:48.55]Where I met the stationmaster with elation [03:51.72]They might see me at Dumfries [03:53.21]If I summoned the police [03:54.83]If there was anything they ought to know about [03:58.22]When they got to Gallowgate [03:59.88]There they did not have to wait [04:01.67]For Skimbleshanks will help them to get out [04:10.70]And he gives you a wave of his long brown tail [04:14.99]Which says  "I'll see you again" [04:18.17]You'll meet without fail on the midnight mail [04:21.47]The cat of the railway train