Growltiger's Last Stand Including The Ballad Of Billy McCaw - UK 1981 / Musical "Cats" Lyrics

Song	Growltiger's Last Stand Including The Ballad Of Billy McCaw - UK 1981 / Musical "Cats"
Artist	Andrew Lloyd Webber
Album	Cats (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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[00:25.84]	Growltiger was a Bravo Cat who travelled on a barge
[00:29.1]	In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large
[00:32.82]	From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims
[00:36.22]	Rejoicing in his title of The Terror of the Thames
[00:43.48]	His manners and appearance did not calculate to please
[00:26.92]	His coat was torn and seedy, he was baggy at the knees
[00:30.73]	One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why
[00:34.41]	And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye
[00:38.59]	The cottagers of Rotherhithe knew something of his fame
[01:03.93]	At Hammersmith and Putney people shuddered at his name
[01:09.14]	They would fortify the henhouse, lock up the silly goose
[01:14.68]	When the rumour ran along the shore: Growltiger's on the loose!
[01:26.21]	Woe to the weak canary that fluttered from its cage
[01:29.82]	Woe to the pampered Pekinese that faced Growltiger's rage
[01:33.74]	Woe to the bristly bandicoot that lurked on foreign ships
[01:37.41]	And woe to any cat with whom Growltiger came to grips!
[01:41.80]	But most to cats of foreign race his hatred had been vowed
[01:46.62]	To cats of foreign name and race no quarter was allowed
[01:51.31]	The Persian and the Siamese regarded him with fear
[01:56.13]	Because it was a Siamese had mauled his missing ear
[02:09.98]	Now on a peaceful summer night all nature seemed at play
[02:15.22]	The tender moon was shining bright, the barge at Molsey lay
[02:21.2]	All in the balmy moonlight it lay rocking on the tide
[02:26.32]	And Growltiger was disposed to show his sentimental side
[02:36.64]	Growltiger's bucko mate Grumbskin long since had disappered
[02:41.98]	For to the Bell at Hampton he had gone to wet his beard
[02:47.93]	And his bosun Tumblebrutus, he too had stolen away
[02:53.23]	In the yard behind the Lion he was prowling for his prey
[03:00.25]	In the forepeak of the vessel Growltiger sat alone
[03:05.43]	Concentrating his attention on the lady Griddlebone
[03:10.86]	And his raffish crew were sleeping in their barrels and their bunks
[03:15.96]	As the Siamese came creeping in their sampans and their junks
[03:21.88]	Growltiger had no eye or ear for aught but Griddlebone
[03:27.27]	And the lady seemed enraptured by his manly baritone
[03:33.32]	Disposed to relaxation and awaiting no surprise
[03:38.87]	But the moonlight shone reflected from a thousand bright blue eyes
[03:45.14]	And closer still and closer the sampans circled round
[03:49.50]	And yet from all the enemy there was not heard a sound
[03:53.95]	The foe was armed with toasting forks and cruel carving knives
[03:58.86]	And the lovers sang their last duet in danger of their lives
[04:09.2]	Oh, how well I remember the Old Bull and Bush
[04:13.16]	Where we used to go down on a Sattadau night
[04:17.47]	Where, when anythink happened, it come with a rush
[04:22.22]	For the boss, Mr. Clark, he was very polite
[04:26.92]	A very nice house, from basement to garret
[04:31.27]	A very nice house. Ah, but it was the parrot
[04:36.28]	The parrot, the parrot named Billy M'Caw
[04:41.65]	That brought all those folk to the bar
[04:44.35]	Ah, he was the life of the bar!
[04:49.16]	Of a Saturday night, we was all feeling bright
[04:53.24]	And Lily La Rose - the barmaid that was
[04:58.54]	She'd say, "Billy, Billy M'Caw!
[05:03.77]	Come give us, come give us a dance on the bar!"
[05:08.20]	And Billy would dance on the bar
[05:17.36]	And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
[05:22.23]	And emotion would make us all order more beer
[05:28.82]	Lily, she was a girl what had brains in her head
[05:33.58]	She wouldn't have nothing, no, not that much said
[05:38.8]	If it come to an argument or a dispute
[05:42.38]	She'd settle it offhand with the toe of her boot
[05:46.89]	Or as likely as not put a fist through your eye
[05:51.20]	But when we was happy, and just a bit dry
[05:56.22]	Or when we was thirsty, and just a bit sad
[06:01.5]	She would rap on the bar with that corkscrew she had
[06:06.69]	And say "Billy, Billy M'Caw!
[06:11.92]	Come give us a tune on your pastoral flute!"
[06:16.45]	And Billy'd strike up on his pastoral flute
[06:25.48]	And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
[06:30.24]	And emotion would make us all order more beer
[06:36.65]	"Billy, Billy M'Caw!“
[06:40.68]	Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!"
[06:45.53]	And Billy'd strike up on his moley guitar
[06:54.70]	And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
[06:59.59]	And emotion would make us all order more beer
[07:07.15]	Billy, Billy M'Caw!
[07:10.88]	Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!
[07:17.12]	He was the life of the bar.
[07:26.34]	Then Gilbert gave the signal to his fierce Mongolian horde
[07:29.71]	With a frightful burst of fireworks, the Chinks they swarmed aboard
[07:36.77]	Then Griddlebone she gave a screech, for she was badly skeered
[07:43.1]	I am sorry to admit it
[07:47.18]	But she quickly disappeared
[07:51.16]	She probably escaped with ease
[07:54.50]	I'm sure she was not drowned
[07:57.39]	But a serried ring of flashing steel Growltiger did surround
[08:04.47]	The ruthless foe pressed forward in stubborn rank on rank
[08:11.22]	Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk the plank
[08:18.56]	He who a hundred victims had driven to that drop
[08:25.8]	At the end of all his crimes was forced to go kerflip kerflop
[08:32.85]	Oh there was joy in Wapping when the news flew through the land
[08:38.75]	At Maidenhead and Henley there was dancing on the Strand
[08:45.4]	Rats were roasted whole at Brentford and Victoria Dock
[08:50.51]	And a day of celebrations was commanded in Bangkok
[09:15.48]	"These modern productions are all very well
[09:22.78]	But there's nothing to equal, from what I hear tell
[09:31.17]	That moment of mystery when I made history . . ."

[00:25.84]	Growltiger was a Bravo Cat who travelled on a barge
[00:29.1]	In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large
[00:32.82]	From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims
[00:36.22]	Rejoicing in his title of The Terror of the Thames
[00:43.48]	His manners and appearance did not calculate to please
[00:26.92]	His coat was torn and seedy, he was baggy at the knees
[00:30.73]	One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why
[00:34.41]	And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye
[00:38.59]	The cottagers of Rotherhithe knew something of his fame
[01:03.93]	At Hammersmith and Putney people shuddered at his name
[01:09.14]	They would fortify the henhouse, lock up the silly goose
[01:14.68]	When the rumour ran along the shore: Growltiger' s on the loose!
[01:26.21]	Woe to the weak canary that fluttered from its cage
[01:29.82]	Woe to the pampered Pekinese that faced Growltiger' s rage
[01:33.74]	Woe to the bristly bandicoot that lurked on foreign ships
[01:37.41]	And woe to any cat with whom Growltiger came to grips!
[01:41.80]	But most to cats of foreign race his hatred had been vowed
[01:46.62]	To cats of foreign name and race no quarter was allowed
[01:51.31]	The Persian and the Siamese regarded him with fear
[01:56.13]	Because it was a Siamese had mauled his missing ear
[02:09.98]	Now on a peaceful summer night all nature seemed at play
[02:15.22]	The tender moon was shining bright, the barge at Molsey lay
[02:21.2]	All in the balmy moonlight it lay rocking on the tide
[02:26.32]	And Growltiger was disposed to show his sentimental side
[02:36.64]	Growltiger' s bucko mate Grumbskin long since had disappered
[02:41.98]	For to the Bell at Hampton he had gone to wet his beard
[02:47.93]	And his bosun Tumblebrutus, he too had stolen away
[02:53.23]	In the yard behind the Lion he was prowling for his prey
[03:00.25]	In the forepeak of the vessel Growltiger sat alone
[03:05.43]	Concentrating his attention on the lady Griddlebone
[03:10.86]	And his raffish crew were sleeping in their barrels and their bunks
[03:15.96]	As the Siamese came creeping in their sampans and their junks
[03:21.88]	Growltiger had no eye or ear for aught but Griddlebone
[03:27.27]	And the lady seemed enraptured by his manly baritone
[03:33.32]	Disposed to relaxation and awaiting no surprise
[03:38.87]	But the moonlight shone reflected from a thousand bright blue eyes
[03:45.14]	And closer still and closer the sampans circled round
[03:49.50]	And yet from all the enemy there was not heard a sound
[03:53.95]	The foe was armed with toasting forks and cruel carving knives
[03:58.86]	And the lovers sang their last duet in danger of their lives
[04:09.2]	Oh, how well I remember the Old Bull and Bush
[04:13.16]	Where we used to go down on a Sattadau night
[04:17.47]	Where, when anythink happened, it come with a rush
[04:22.22]	For the boss, Mr. Clark, he was very polite
[04:26.92]	A very nice house, from basement to garret
[04:31.27]	A very nice house. Ah, but it was the parrot
[04:36.28]	The parrot, the parrot named Billy M' Caw
[04:41.65]	That brought all those folk to the bar
[04:44.35]	Ah, he was the life of the bar!
[04:49.16]	Of a Saturday night, we was all feeling bright
[04:53.24]	And Lily La Rose the barmaid that was
[04:58.54]	She' d say, " Billy, Billy M' Caw!
[05:03.77]	Come give us, come give us a dance on the bar!"
[05:08.20]	And Billy would dance on the bar
[05:17.36]	And then we' d feel balmy, in each eye a tear
[05:22.23]	And emotion would make us all order more beer
[05:28.82]	Lily, she was a girl what had brains in her head
[05:33.58]	She wouldn' t have nothing, no, not that much said
[05:38.8]	If it come to an argument or a dispute
[05:42.38]	She' d settle it offhand with the toe of her boot
[05:46.89]	Or as likely as not put a fist through your eye
[05:51.20]	But when we was happy, and just a bit dry
[05:56.22]	Or when we was thirsty, and just a bit sad
[06:01.5]	She would rap on the bar with that corkscrew she had
[06:06.69]	And say " Billy, Billy M' Caw!
[06:11.92]	Come give us a tune on your pastoral flute!"
[06:16.45]	And Billy' d strike up on his pastoral flute
[06:25.48]	And then we' d feel balmy, in each eye a tear
[06:30.24]	And emotion would make us all order more beer
[06:36.65]	" Billy, Billy M' Caw!"
[06:40.68]	Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!"
[06:45.53]	And Billy' d strike up on his moley guitar
[06:54.70]	And then we' d feel balmy, in each eye a tear
[06:59.59]	And emotion would make us all order more beer
[07:07.15]	Billy, Billy M' Caw!
[07:10.88]	Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!
[07:17.12]	He was the life of the bar.
[07:26.34]	Then Gilbert gave the signal to his fierce Mongolian horde
[07:29.71]	With a frightful burst of fireworks, the Chinks they swarmed aboard
[07:36.77]	Then Griddlebone she gave a screech, for she was badly skeered
[07:43.1]	I am sorry to admit it
[07:47.18]	But she quickly disappeared
[07:51.16]	She probably escaped with ease
[07:54.50]	I' m sure she was not drowned
[07:57.39]	But a serried ring of flashing steel Growltiger did surround
[08:04.47]	The ruthless foe pressed forward in stubborn rank on rank
[08:11.22]	Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk the plank
[08:18.56]	He who a hundred victims had driven to that drop
[08:25.8]	At the end of all his crimes was forced to go kerflip kerflop
[08:32.85]	Oh there was joy in Wapping when the news flew through the land
[08:38.75]	At Maidenhead and Henley there was dancing on the Strand
[08:45.4]	Rats were roasted whole at Brentford and Victoria Dock
[08:50.51]	And a day of celebrations was commanded in Bangkok
[09:15.48]	" These modern productions are all very well
[09:22.78]	But there' s nothing to equal, from what I hear tell
[09:31.17]	That moment of mystery when I made history . . ."

[00:25.84]	Growltiger was a Bravo Cat who travelled on a barge
[00:29.1]	In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large
[00:32.82]	From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims
[00:36.22]	Rejoicing in his title of The Terror of the Thames
[00:43.48]	His manners and appearance did not calculate to please
[00:26.92]	His coat was torn and seedy, he was baggy at the knees
[00:30.73]	One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why
[00:34.41]	And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye
[00:38.59]	The cottagers of Rotherhithe knew something of his fame
[01:03.93]	At Hammersmith and Putney people shuddered at his name
[01:09.14]	They would fortify the henhouse, lock up the silly goose
[01:14.68]	When the rumour ran along the shore: Growltiger' s on the loose!
[01:26.21]	Woe to the weak canary that fluttered from its cage
[01:29.82]	Woe to the pampered Pekinese that faced Growltiger' s rage
[01:33.74]	Woe to the bristly bandicoot that lurked on foreign ships
[01:37.41]	And woe to any cat with whom Growltiger came to grips!
[01:41.80]	But most to cats of foreign race his hatred had been vowed
[01:46.62]	To cats of foreign name and race no quarter was allowed
[01:51.31]	The Persian and the Siamese regarded him with fear
[01:56.13]	Because it was a Siamese had mauled his missing ear
[02:09.98]	Now on a peaceful summer night all nature seemed at play
[02:15.22]	The tender moon was shining bright, the barge at Molsey lay
[02:21.2]	All in the balmy moonlight it lay rocking on the tide
[02:26.32]	And Growltiger was disposed to show his sentimental side
[02:36.64]	Growltiger' s bucko mate Grumbskin long since had disappered
[02:41.98]	For to the Bell at Hampton he had gone to wet his beard
[02:47.93]	And his bosun Tumblebrutus, he too had stolen away
[02:53.23]	In the yard behind the Lion he was prowling for his prey
[03:00.25]	In the forepeak of the vessel Growltiger sat alone
[03:05.43]	Concentrating his attention on the lady Griddlebone
[03:10.86]	And his raffish crew were sleeping in their barrels and their bunks
[03:15.96]	As the Siamese came creeping in their sampans and their junks
[03:21.88]	Growltiger had no eye or ear for aught but Griddlebone
[03:27.27]	And the lady seemed enraptured by his manly baritone
[03:33.32]	Disposed to relaxation and awaiting no surprise
[03:38.87]	But the moonlight shone reflected from a thousand bright blue eyes
[03:45.14]	And closer still and closer the sampans circled round
[03:49.50]	And yet from all the enemy there was not heard a sound
[03:53.95]	The foe was armed with toasting forks and cruel carving knives
[03:58.86]	And the lovers sang their last duet in danger of their lives
[04:09.2]	Oh, how well I remember the Old Bull and Bush
[04:13.16]	Where we used to go down on a Sattadau night
[04:17.47]	Where, when anythink happened, it come with a rush
[04:22.22]	For the boss, Mr. Clark, he was very polite
[04:26.92]	A very nice house, from basement to garret
[04:31.27]	A very nice house. Ah, but it was the parrot
[04:36.28]	The parrot, the parrot named Billy M' Caw
[04:41.65]	That brought all those folk to the bar
[04:44.35]	Ah, he was the life of the bar!
[04:49.16]	Of a Saturday night, we was all feeling bright
[04:53.24]	And Lily La Rose the barmaid that was
[04:58.54]	She' d say, " Billy, Billy M' Caw!
[05:03.77]	Come give us, come give us a dance on the bar!"
[05:08.20]	And Billy would dance on the bar
[05:17.36]	And then we' d feel balmy, in each eye a tear
[05:22.23]	And emotion would make us all order more beer
[05:28.82]	Lily, she was a girl what had brains in her head
[05:33.58]	She wouldn' t have nothing, no, not that much said
[05:38.8]	If it come to an argument or a dispute
[05:42.38]	She' d settle it offhand with the toe of her boot
[05:46.89]	Or as likely as not put a fist through your eye
[05:51.20]	But when we was happy, and just a bit dry
[05:56.22]	Or when we was thirsty, and just a bit sad
[06:01.5]	She would rap on the bar with that corkscrew she had
[06:06.69]	And say " Billy, Billy M' Caw!
[06:11.92]	Come give us a tune on your pastoral flute!"
[06:16.45]	And Billy' d strike up on his pastoral flute
[06:25.48]	And then we' d feel balmy, in each eye a tear
[06:30.24]	And emotion would make us all order more beer
[06:36.65]	" Billy, Billy M' Caw!"
[06:40.68]	Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!"
[06:45.53]	And Billy' d strike up on his moley guitar
[06:54.70]	And then we' d feel balmy, in each eye a tear
[06:59.59]	And emotion would make us all order more beer
[07:07.15]	Billy, Billy M' Caw!
[07:10.88]	Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!
[07:17.12]	He was the life of the bar.
[07:26.34]	Then Gilbert gave the signal to his fierce Mongolian horde
[07:29.71]	With a frightful burst of fireworks, the Chinks they swarmed aboard
[07:36.77]	Then Griddlebone she gave a screech, for she was badly skeered
[07:43.1]	I am sorry to admit it
[07:47.18]	But she quickly disappeared
[07:51.16]	She probably escaped with ease
[07:54.50]	I' m sure she was not drowned
[07:57.39]	But a serried ring of flashing steel Growltiger did surround
[08:04.47]	The ruthless foe pressed forward in stubborn rank on rank
[08:11.22]	Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk the plank
[08:18.56]	He who a hundred victims had driven to that drop
[08:25.8]	At the end of all his crimes was forced to go kerflip kerflop
[08:32.85]	Oh there was joy in Wapping when the news flew through the land
[08:38.75]	At Maidenhead and Henley there was dancing on the Strand
[08:45.4]	Rats were roasted whole at Brentford and Victoria Dock
[08:50.51]	And a day of celebrations was commanded in Bangkok
[09:15.48]	" These modern productions are all very well
[09:22.78]	But there' s nothing to equal, from what I hear tell
[09:31.17]	That moment of mystery when I made history . . ."

Growltiger's Last Stand Including The Ballad Of Billy McCaw - UK 1981 / Musical

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