Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
B
E
Skimbleshanks the Railway cat,
the cat of the railway train
E
A
When the night mail's
A
E
Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble has
B
E
he gone to hunt the thimble
B
A
E
We must find him or the train can't start"
E
A
E
Would be searching high and low
Saying "Skimble where is Skimble for
B
E
unless he's very nimble
B
A
E
Then the night mail just can't go."
At eleven forty-two with
with the signal overdue
And the passengers all frantic to a man
A
E
That's when I would appear
F#m
E
and I'd saunter to the rear
A
E
F#m
B
I'd been busy in the luggage van!
E
B
Then he gave one flash of
C#m
B
his glass - green eyes
E
A
E
And the signal went "all clear"
A
E
B
They'd be off at last to the northern part of
G#m
A
E
the northern hemisphere!
Verse 2
A
E
the cat of the railway train
C#m
E
it was me who was in charge
A
E
Of the Sleeping Car Express
From the driver and guards to the
B
E
bagmen playing cards
B
G#m
I would supervise them
A
E
all more or less
E
A
E
Of the travellers in the first and the third
A
E
He established control
A
E
if anything occured.
He would you watch you without winking
and he saw what you were thinking
And it's certain that he didn't approve
A
E
Of hilarity and riot so that
F#m
E
folk were very quiet
E
F#m
B
and on the move
E
B
You could play no pranks with
C#m
E
Skimbleshanks
A
E
He's a cat that couldn't be ignored
A
E
So nothing went wrong on
B
E
the Northern Mail
A
G#m
A
When Skimbleshanks was aboard
E
Verse 3
E
B
It was very pleasant when
B
E
B
E
With their name written up on the door
And the berth was very neat
with a newly folded sheet
Bm
E
And not a speck of dust on the floor
B
E
you could make it dark and bright
B
E
B
And a button you could
B
E
B
And a funny little basin you're sup
And a crank to shut the window
should you sneeze
A
D
Dm
Then the guard looked in politely and
A
E
But I was just behind him and
F#m
E
was ready to remind him
A
E
For Skimble won't let any
F#m
B
thing go wrong
E
B
C#m
B
When the crept into their cozy berth
E
A
E
and pulled the counterpane
B
E
They all could reflect that it was very nice
be bothered by mice
B
G#m
A
E
The cat of the railway train
F
Skimbleshank
Verse 4
Fsus4
F
Fsus4
F
s the railway cat,
Fsus4
F
the cat of the railway train
Bb
F
C
In the watches of the night I was
F
Bb
F
Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea
Fsus4
F
With perhaps a drop of scotch while
I was keeping up the watch
Bb
F
there to catch a flea
F
Bb
That I was walking up
They were sleeping all the while
I was busy at Carlisle
Bb
F
ter with elation
Verse 5
if I summoned the police
Fsus4
F
If there was anything they ought
Bb
Fsus4
F
to know about
Bb
F
When they got to Gallowgat there
Gm
F
they did not have to wait
Bb
F
For Skimbleshanks will help
Gm
C
C
them to get
out
F
C
And he gives you a wave of
F
Bb
F
Which says "I'll see you again"
Am
Bb
F
The cat of the railway train
C
Dm
F
Bb
Verse 6
Bb
F
Bb
F
You'll meet with outfail on
the Midnight Mail
Am
Bb
F
The cat of the railway trail
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