The Old Gumbie Cat
MUNKUSTRAP:
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots
Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger strips and leopard spots
All day she sits beneath the stairs or on the steps or on the mat
She sits and sits and sits and sits
And that’s what makes a Gumbie Cat
That's what makes a Gumbie Cat
BOMBALURINA,DEMETER,JELLYLORUM:
But when the day’s hustle and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat’s work has but hardly begun
And when all the family’s in bed and asleep
She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep
She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice
JENNYANYDOTS:
"Their behavior’s not good and their manners not nice"
So when she has them lined up on the matting
She teaches them "music, crocheting, and tatting"
MUNKUSTRAP:
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind
Her name is Jennyanydots
The curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knots
She sits upon the window sill or anything that’s smooth and flat
She sits and sits and sits and sits , And that’s what makes a Gumbie Cat
That’s what makes a Gumbie Cat!
DEMETER,BOMBALURINA,JELLYLORUM:
But when the day’s hustle and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat’s work has but hardly begun
She thinks that the cockroaches "need employment"
To prevent them from idle and "wanton destroyment"
So she’s formed from this lot of disorderly louts
A troop of well-disciplined helpful boy scouts
"With a purpose in life and a good deed to do"
And she’s even created a Beetle’s tattoo!
(Tap and Trumpet solo)
COMPANY:
For she's a jolly good fellow!
JENNYANYDOTS:
Thank you my dears!
