Page 110 - Bilingual Mirvis Family Songs

T.S.Eliot

Macavity

Refrain:

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
His powers of levitation would make an yogi stare,
And when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there!
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Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw
For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there!
You may seek in the basement or look up in the air-
But I tell you once and once again, Macavity's not there!

Refrain

Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin;
You’d know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed;
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.
He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake;
And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake.

Refrain

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
for he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.
If the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair-
Ay, there's the wonder of the thing! Macavity's not there!
And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say:
'It must have been Macavity!' - but he's a mile away.

Refrain

You'll be sure to find him resting, or a - licking of his thumbs,
Or engaged in doing complicated long division sums.
And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known,
(I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone)
Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time
Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime
Refrain

13. Macavity-Макавити 107
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