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Skimbleshanks the cat
The cat of the railway

There's a whisper down the line at thirty-nine
When the Night Mail's ready to
Saying, "Skimble, is Skimble?
Has he gone to the thimble?
We must find him or the train start"

All the guards and all the
And the station master's
be searchin' high and low
Saying, "Skimble, is Skimble?
For he's very nimble
Then the Night Mail just go"

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

Then he gave one flash of his glass-green
And the went 'All clear'
They'd be off at last for the part
of the Northern

Skimbleshanks, the cat
The cat of the train

You might say by and large
It was me who was in
Of the Sleeping Car
From the and the guards
To the bagmen playing
I would supervise all, more or less

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

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

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

It was very pleasant when they'd found little den
With their name up on the door
And the berth was very neat with a newly folded
And not a of dust upon the floor

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

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

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

Skimbleshanks, the cat
The cat of the train

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

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

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

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

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