Cats Old Deuteronomy Lyrics

Old Deuteronomy Lyrics

The entire tribe rejoins as their benevolent and wise 

                  leader Old Deuteronomy arrives. The cats adore and respect
him. 

 

                  SOLO: 

                  I believe it is Old Deuteronomy 

                    

                  ALL: 

                  Well of all things can it be really 

                  No. Yes. Ho. Hi. Oh my eye! 

                  My mind may be wandering but I confess 

                  I believe it is Old Deuteronomy 

                    

                  SOLO: 

                  Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time 

                  He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession 

                  He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme 

                  A long while before Queen Victoria's accession 

                    

                  Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives 

                  And more I am tempted to say ninety-nine 

                  And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives 

                  And the village is proud of him in his decline 

                    

                  At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy 

                  When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall 

                  The oldest inhabitant croaks:

                    

                  Well of all things can it be really 

                  No. Yes. Ho. Hi. Oh my eye! 

                  My mind may be wandering but I confess 

                  I believe it is Old Deuteronomy 

 

                  ALL: 

                  Well of all things can it be really 

                  No. Yes. Ho. Hi. Oh my eye! 

                  My mind may be wandering but I confess 

                  I believe it is Old Deuteronomy 

                    

                  Well of all things can it be really 

                  No. Yes. Ho. Hi. Oh my eye! 

                  My mind may be wandering but I confess 

                  I believe it is Old Deuteronomy 

                    

                  Well of all things can it be really 

                  No. Yes. Ho. Hi. Oh my eye! 

                    

                  OLD DUTERONOMY: 

                  My legs may be tottery, I must go slow 

                  And be careful of Old Deuteronomy 

                    

                  Munkustrap has assembled some entertainment for Deuteronomy.


                  The cats put on a show called "The Awful Battle of the Pekes
and 

                  the Pollicles together with The Marching Song of the Pollicle
Dogs."

                  In the show, which Munkustrap narrates, the cats dress up as
two

                  rival dog factions: the Pekes and the Pollicles. The two
groups 

                  bark ceaselessly at each other, until they are frightened
away by

                  the great Rumpus Cat, a sleek, powerful feline.