Old Deuteronomy (Cats) chords by Paul Jones
Verse 1
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Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time.
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He's a cat who has lived
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many lives in succession.
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He was famous in proverb
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and famous in rhyme.
A long while before Queen
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Victoria's accession.
Old Deuteronomy's buried
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nine wives and more,
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I am tempted to say ninety -nine,
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And his numerous progeny
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prospers and thrives,
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And the village is proud of him
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in his decline.
At the sight of that placid
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and bland physiognomy
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When he sits in the sun
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on the vicarage wall
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The oldest inhabitant croaks
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Well, of all things
Can it be really?
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Yes, no, oh aye, oh my aye
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My mind may be wandering
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But I confess I believe it is old Deutero
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nomy.
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Old Deuteronomy sits in the street.
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He sits in the high street
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on market day.
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The bullocks may bellow,
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the sheep they may bleat,
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but the dogs and the herdsmen
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will turn them away.
The cars and the lorries
run over the curb
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And the villagers put up a notice,
road closed,
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So that nothing untoward may
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chance to disturb
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Deuteronomy's rest
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when he feels so disposed.
The digestive repose
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of that feline's gastronomy
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Must never be broken, whatever befall
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And the oldest inhabitant croaks
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Well, of all things, can it be rarely
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Yes, no, oh, hi, oh, my, I
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My mind may be wandering,
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but I confess I believe it is
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Old Deuteronomy
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Yes, no, oh, I, oh my,
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your legs may be torturing,
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you must go slow,
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and be careful of old Deuteronomy. autonomy.
Old Deuteronomy (Cats)
Paul Jones
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