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CATS the Musical
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS, has been proclaimed the most popular
musical in the world.
Dubbed the musical of the century, CATS is a theatrical
phenomenon, holding the record as the longest running musical
ever in London and New York.
Since opening in London in 1981, CATS has been seen my more
than 65 million people worldwide. It has been staged in more than
150 cities in over 40 productions and in 14 languages.
It was winner of the London Evening Standard Award and Olivier
Award in 1981, and gathered seven coveted Tony Awards on Broadway
in 1983.
CATS is based on a series of poems by T. S. Eliot. The
magnificent stage set is a rubbish dump, three times larger than
life, where the Jellicle Cats have come out to play.
In this scene, it is the night of the annual Jellicle Ball when their leader,
Old Deuteronomy, will announce the name of the cat who will be
reborn to a new life in the Heavyside Layer.
The announcement will be made just before dawn. While they
wait, the cats amuse themselves with stories of famous
cats of the past and present.
Dawn comes, and Old Deuteronomy gathers the cats together for
his announcement of the name of the cat to be reborn.
Old Deuteronomy
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!
For lyrics to all the songs in the Cats musical go here:
http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/cats_soundtrack/cats/
