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Skimbleshanks the cat
The cat of the train

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

All the and all the porters
And the master's daughters
Would be searchin' and low
Saying, "Skimble, where is
For unless he's very
Then the Night just can't go"

At eleven with the signal overdue
And the passengers all to a man
That's when I appear and I'd saunter to the rear
I'd been busy in the van

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

Skimbleshanks, the cat
The cat of the train

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

Down the he paces and examines all the faces
Of the in the first and the third
He control by a regular patrol
And know at once if anything occurred

He would you without winking
And he saw you were thinking
And it's certain that he didn't
Of hilarity and so that folk were very quiet
When Skimble was about and on the

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

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

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

Then the guard looked in politely and ask you very brightly
"Do you like your morning tea or strong?"
But I was behind him and was ready to remind him
For Skimble let anything go wrong

When crept into their cosy berth
And up the counterpane
They all could reflect, that it was very
To know they wouldn't be bothered by mice
can leave all that to the railway cat
The cat of the railway

Skimbleshanks, the cat
The cat of the train

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

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

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

And he you a wave of his long, brown tail
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 train