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Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have three different names.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:
At whatever time the deed took place-
Macavity wasn't there.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
When the day's hustle and bustle is done,
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Jellicle Cats come out tonight,
Jellicle Cats come one come all:
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright —
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
For some are sane and some are mad
And some are good and some are bad
And some are better, some are worse —
But all may be described in verse.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime — Macavity's not there!
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
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.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
These modern productions are all very well,
But there's nothing to equal, from what I hear tell,
That moment of mystery
When I made history
As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square —
But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there!
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
You now have learned enough to see
That Cats are much like you and me
And other people whom we find
Possessed of various types of mind.
For some are sane and some are mad
And some are good and some are bad
And some are better, some are worse —
But all may be described in verse.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat —
And there isn't any call for me to shout it:
For he will do
As he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
They say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known
(I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone)
Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time
Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
And we all say: OH!
Well I never!
Was there ever
A Cat so clever
As Magical Mr. Mistoffelees!
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)