Skimbleshank's The Railway Cat chords by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Verse 1
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Skimbleshanks the Railway cat,
the cat of the railway train
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There's a whisper down the line
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at eleven thirty - nine
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When the night mail's
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ready to depart
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Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble has
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he gone to hunt the thimble
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We must find him or the train can't start"
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All the guards and all the porters and
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the stationmaster's daughters
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Would be searching high and low
Saying "Skimble where is Skimble for
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unless he's very nimble
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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
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That's when I would appear
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and I'd saunter to the rear
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I'd been busy in the luggage van!
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Then he gave one flash of
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his glass - green eyes
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And the signal went "all clear"
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They'd be off at last to the northern part of
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the northern hemisphere!

Verse 2
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Skimbleshanks the Railway cat,
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the cat of the railway train
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You might say that by and large
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it was me  who was in charge
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Of the Sleeping Car Express
From the driver and guards to the
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bagmen playing cards
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I would supervise them
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all more or less
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Down the corridor he paces
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and examines all the faces
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Of the travellers in the first and the third
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He established control
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by a regular patrol
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And he'd know  at once
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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
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Of hilarity and riot so that
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folk were very quiet
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When Skimble was about
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and on the move
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You could play no pranks with
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Skimbleshanks
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He's a cat that couldn't be ignored
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So nothing went wrong on
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the Northern Mail
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When Skimbleshanks was aboard
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Verse 3
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It was very pleasant when
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they'd found their little den
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With their name written up on the door
And the berth was very neat
with a newly folded sheet
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And not a speck of dust on the floor
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There was every sort of light,
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you could make it dark and bright
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And a button you could
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turn to make a breeze
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And a funny little basin you're sup
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posed to wash your face in
And a crank to shut the window
should you sneeze
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Then the guard looked in politely and
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would ask you very brightly
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Do you like your morning
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tea weak or strong
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But I  was just behind him and
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was ready to remind him
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For Skimble won't let any
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thing go wrong
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When the crept into their cozy berth
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and pulled the counterpane
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They all could reflect that it was very nice
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To know that they wouldn't
be bothered by mice
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They can leave all that to the railway cat
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The cat   of the railway train
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Skimbleshank

Verse 4
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s the     railway cat,
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the cat of the railway train
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In  the watches of the night I was
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always fresh and bright
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Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea
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With perhaps a drop of scotch while
I was keeping up the watch
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Only stopping here and
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there to catch a flea
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They were fast asleep at Crew
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and so they never knew
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That I was walking up
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and down the station
They were sleeping all the while
I was busy at Carlisle
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Where I met the stationmas
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ter with elation

Verse 5
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They might see me at Dumfries
if I summoned the police
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If there     was anything they ought
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to know about
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When they got to Gallowgat there
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they did not have to wait
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For Skimbleshanks will help
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them to get
out
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And he gives you a wave of
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his long brown tail
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Which says "I'll see you again"
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You'll meet without fail
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on  the Midnight Mail
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The cat of the railway train
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