《Gus The Theatre Cat》是Andrew Lloyd Webber演唱的歌曲，收錄於《貓 音樂劇 [精編版]》專輯中。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Gus The Theatre Cat
- 所屬專輯：貓 音樂劇 [精編版]
- 歌曲原唱：Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 發行日期：2004年1月2日
歌曲歌詞
Gus is the cat at the theatre door
His name as I ought to have told you before
Is really Asparagus
And that's such a fuss to pronounce
That we usually call him just Gus
His coat's very shabby he's thin as a rake
And he suffers from palsy that
Makes his paw shake
Yet he was in his youth quite the smartest of cats
But no longer a terror to mice or to rats
For he isn't bry cat that he was in his prime
Though his name was quite famous
He says in his time
And whenever he joins his friends at their club
Which takes place at the
Back of the neighboring pub
He loves to regale them if someone else pays
With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days
For he once was a star of the highest degree
He has acted with Irving he's acted with Tree
And he likes to relate his success on the halls
Where the gallery once gave him seven cat calls
But his greatest creation as he loves to tell
Will's Firefrorefiddle the Fiend of the Fell
I have played in my time every possible part
And I used to know seventy speeches by heart
I'd extemporize backchat I knew how to gag
And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag
I knew how to act with my back and my tail
With an hour of rehearsal I never could fail
I'd a voice that would
Soften the hardest of hearts
Whether I took the lead or in character parts
I have sat by the bedside of poor little Nell
When the curfew was rung
Then I swung on the bell
In the pantomime season I never fell flat
And I once understudied Dick Whittington's cat
But my greatest creation as history will tell
Was Firefrorefiddle the Fiend of the Fell
And someone will give him a toothful of gin
He will tell how he once played
A part in East Lynne
At a Shakespeare
Performance he once walked on pat
When some actor suggested the need for a cat
And I say now these kittens
They do not get trained
As we did in the days when Victoria reigned
And never get drilled in a regular troupe
And they think they are smart
Just to jump through a hoop
And he says as he scratches himself with his claws
Well the theatre is certainly not what it was
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
