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Skimbleshanks the cat
The cat of the railway

There's a whisper down the line at thirty-nine
the Night Mail's ready to depart
Saying, "Skimble, where is
Has he to hunt the thimble?
We must find him or the can't start"

All the guards and all the
And the master's daughters
Would be high and low
Saying, "Skimble, is Skimble?
For unless very nimble
the Night Mail just can't go"

At eleven forty-two with the signal
And the passengers all to a man
when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear
I'd busy in the luggage van

Then he gave one flash of his glass-green
And the signal 'All clear'
They'd be off at last for the northern
of the Hemisphere

Skimbleshanks, the cat
The cat of the railway

You might say by and large
It was me who was in
Of the Car Express
the driver and the guards
To the playing cards
I would supervise them all, more or

the corridor he paces and examines all the faces
Of the travelers in the first and the
He establishes by a regular patrol
And he'd know at if anything occurred

He would watch you winking
And he saw you were thinking
And it's certain he didn't approve
Of hilarity and riot so folk were very quiet
When Skimble was about and on the

You could play no pranks with
He's a cat couldn't be ignored
So nothing went on the Northern Mail
Skimbleshanks was aboard

It was very pleasant when found their little den
With their name up on the door
And the berth was very neat with a newly sheet
And not a speck of dust upon the

was every sort of light, you could make it dark or bright
And a button you turn to make a breeze
And a funny little basin you're to wash your face in
And a crank to shut the window should you

Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you brightly
"Do you like morning tea weak or strong?"
But I was right behind him and was to remind him
For won't let anything go wrong

When they crept into their cosy
And up the counterpane
They all reflect, that it was very nice
To know that they be bothered by mice
They can leave all to the railway cat
The cat of the train

Skimbleshanks, the cat
The cat of the train

In the of the night, I was always fresh and bright
now and then I'd have a cup of tea
With a drop of Scotch while I was keepin' on the watch
Only stopping here and to catch a flea

were fast asleep at Crewe and so they never knew
That I was walkin' up and the station
They were sleeping all the I was busy at Carlisle
Where I met the station master elation

They see me at Dumfries if I summoned by police
If was anything they ought to know about
When got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait
For Skimbleshanks would help to get out

And he gives you a wave of his long, brown
says "I'll see you again"
You will meet without on the Midnight Mail
The cat of the train

You will without fail on the Midnight Mail
The cat of the railway