2024年3月5日发(作者：)

百老汇经典音乐剧《Cats》

歌曲名：le songs for

jelllicle cats

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

午夜的破烂场，猫儿轻巧而缓慢地一只接一只从隐蔽的地方钻出来。 今夜是一个特殊的夜晚，因为一年里，只有今夜，猫儿们聚集在破烂场里，庆祝只属于洁里珂的荣耀。

在这一场，每一只猫都有机会出场亮像。他们的歌声讲述了洁里珂猫的轻巧体态和独特性情，而他们 的舞蹈节奏明快，动作流畅，与欢快的歌声相合。在这一场里，应该是所有的演员一起上场的，就连后面才要介绍的 Grizabella、Old Deuteronomy

等有特色的猫，在这一场也穿着普通猫的戏装上场。

Are you blind when you're born? Can you

see in the dark?

Dare you look at a king? Would you sit

on his throne?

Can you say of your bite that it's worse

than your bark?

Are you cock of the wall when you're

walking alone?

Because Jellicles are and Jellicles do

Jellicles do and Jellicles would

Jellicles would and Jellicles can

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

When you fall on your head, do you land

on your feet?

Are you tense when you sense there's a

storm in the air?

Can you find your way blind when you're

lost in the street?

Do you know how to go to the Heaviside

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Layer?

Because Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Jellicles do and Jellicles can

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Jellicles do and Jellicles can

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Can you ride on a broomstick to places

far distant?

Familiar with candle, with book and

with bell?

Were you Whittington's friend? The Pied

Piper's assistant?

Have you been an alumnus of heaven and

hell?

Are you mean like a minx? Are you lean

like a lynx?

Are you keen to be seen when you're

smelling a rat?

Were you there when the pharaohs

commissioned the Sphinx?

If you were, and you are, you're a

Jellicle cat

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

We can dive through the air like a

flying trapeze

We can turn double somersaults, bounce

on a tire

We can run up the wall, we can swing

through the trees

We can balance on bars, we can walk on

a wire

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Can you sing at the same time in more

than one key

Duets by Rossini and waltzes by Strauss

And can you (as cats do) begin with a

C

That always triumphantly brings down

the house?

Jellicle cats are queen of the nights

Singing at astronomical heights

Handling pieces from the messiah

Hallelujah, angelical choir

The mystical divinity of unashamed

felinity

Round the cathedral rang "Vivat!"

Life to the everlasting cat!

Feline, fearless, faithful and true

To others who do-what

Jellicles do and Jellicles can

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Jellicle cats sing Jellicle chants

Jellicles old and Jellicles new

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Practical cats, dramatical cats

Pragmatical cats, fanatical cats

Oratorical cats, delphioracle cats

Skeptical cats, dispeptical cats

Romantical cats, pedantical cats

Critical cats, parasitical cats

Allegorical cats, metaphorical cats

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Statistical cats and mystical cats

Political cats, hypocritical cats

Clerical cats, hysterical cats

Cynical cats, rabbinical cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

歌曲名：The naming of cats

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

Solo:

There's a man over there with a look of

surprise

As much as to say well now, how about

that?

Munkustrap:

Do I actually see with my own very eyes

A man who's not heard of a Jellicle cat?

What's a Jellicle cat?

All:

What's a Jellicle cat?

All:

The naming of cats is a difficult matter,

It isn't just one of your holiday games

You may think at first I'm as mad as a

hatter

When I tell you a cat must have three

different names

First of all, there's the name that the

family use daily

Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or

James,

Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or

Bill Bailey--

All of them sensible, everyday names

There are fancier names if you think

they sound sweeter

Some for the gentlemen, some for the

dames

Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra,

Demeter--

But all of them sensible, everyday

names

But I tell you a cat needs a name that

is particular

A name that's peculiar, and more

dignified

Else how can he keep up his tail

perpendicular

Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish

his pride?

Of names of this kind, I can give you

a quorum

Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat

Such as Bombalurina, or else

Jellylorum--

Names that never belong to more than one

cat

But above and beyond there's still one

name left over

And that is the name that you never will

guess

The name that no human research can

discover

But the at himself knows, and will never

confess

When you notice a cat in profound

meditation

The reason, I tell you, is always the

same

His mind is engaged in a rapt

contemplation

Of the thought, of the thought, of the

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thought, of his name

His ineffable, effable, effanineffable

Deep and inscrutable singular name

Name, name, name, name, name, name

歌曲名：The invitation to the jellicle

ball

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

洁里珂猫对同类发出的邀请，由

Mistoffelees 略带童音的动情呼唤开场。然后， Munkustrap 向其他的猫，尤其是还没有参加过洁里珂舞会的小猫解释了舞会的意义：在今晚月亮最圆的 安静时刻，猫群的首领 Old Deuteronomy 将会出现，只有他有权利选出一只能够获得重生的猫。

接下来，纯白的幼猫 Victoria 有一段独舞，象徵著舞会的正式开始。

这一场的音乐安静甜美，Victoria 的独舞更是灵活美妙，技术高超。再有的一点就是，这一场标志着《猫》的起始部份的结束。许多特殊的猫也从场上下去，直到介绍到他们时才上来。

Mistoffelees:

Jellicle cats come out tonight

Jellicle cats come one come all

The Jellicle moon is shining bright

Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball

Jellicle cats come out tonight

Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball

All:

Jellicle cats come out tonight

Jellicle cats come one come all

The Jellicle moon is shining bright

Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball

Jellicle cats come out tonight

Jellicle cats come one come all

The Jellicle moon is shining bright

Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball

Munkustrap:

Jellicle cats meet once a year

At the Jellicle Ball where we all

rejoice

And the Jellicle Leader will soon

appear

And make what is known as the Jellicle

Choice

When Old Deuteronomy just before dawn

Through a silence you feel you could cut

with a knife

Announces the cat who can now be reborn

And come back to a different Jellicle

Life

For waiting up there is the Heaviside

Layer

With wonders one Jellicle only will see

Jellicles ask because Jellices dare

Who will it be?

歌曲名：The old gambce cat

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

所有的猫儿都想被他们的首领选中，从而获得重生。这一首歌，是 Munkustrap 的推荐。

老甘比猫其实是 JennyAnyDots 的别称，她被称为甘比猫是因为"她整天坐着坐着坐着坐着，这就是一只甘比猫"。这大约也是甘比的含义。

但是老甘比猫并不是总这样懒的。白天里她什么也不干，但是到了晚上，她就会充满 活力，在房子里四下走动。她教导"没有教养"的老鼠们音乐和编织，希望这能使他们有文化一点。她也很为没有事做的蟑螂们担心，所以她总要让他们忙得透不过

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气来，甚至调教出一队蟑螂的军事演习来。

JennyAnyDots 也很关系小猫的生活，好像是猫群的妈妈一样。大家都很喜欢她，高兴地为她伴舞。

这一首歌有好几个段落，前一段由

Munkustrap 演唱，十分悠扬。接下来

JennyAnyDots 在夜晚工作的一段， 音乐转成明快的爵士乐，由三个女高音：Jellylorum，Bombalurina 和 Demeter 演唱。最后是一段由大家都上场的爵士舞。

Munkustrap:

I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name

is Jennyanydots

Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger

stripes and leopard spots

All day she sits beneath the stairs or

on the steps or on the mat

She sits and sits and sits and sits and

that's what makes a Gumbie Cat

That's what makes a Gumbie Cat

Jellylorum, Bombalurina, Demeter:

But

When the day's hustle and bustle is done

Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly

begun

And when all the family's in bed and

asleep

She tucks up her skirts to the basement

to creep

She is deeply concerned with the ways

of the mice

Their behavior's not good and their

manners not nice

And when she has got them lined up on

the matting

She teaches them music, crocheting and

tatting

Munkustrap:

I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name

is Jennyanydots

The curtain cord she likes to wind and

tie it into sailor knots

She sits upon the windowsill, or

anything that's smooth and flat

She sits and sits and sits and sits and

that's what makes a Gumbie Cat

That's what makes a Gumbie Cat

Jellylorum, Bombalurina, Demeter:

But

When the day's hustle and bustle is done

Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly

begun

She thinks that the cockroaches need

employment

To protect them from idle and wanton

destroyment

So she's formed from that lot of

disorderly louts

A troop of well disciplined helpful boy

scouts

With a purpose in life and a good deed

to do

And she's even created a Beetles Tattoo!

All:

For she's a jolly good fellow!

Jennyanydots:

Thank you my dears

歌曲名：The rum tum tugger

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

老甘比猫 JennyAnyDots 的音乐刚到尾声，就被下一只猫，Rum Tum Tugger 的入场打断了。 Rum Tum Tugger 被称为好奇的猫。但是也许他更应该被叫做受宠的猫。他的人类家庭对他百依百顺，养成了他骄傲自大，喜欢惹人注意，又十分挑剔

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的习惯。在他的歌里，他告诉大家他只喜欢没有的东西，到了手里就又不喜欢了 ：如果你给他家鼠，他只想要田鼠；可要是你给他田鼠，他又觉得家鼠的味道好。他出了门就想回去，回到屋里又想出去。他要求别人给他想要的东西，可是人要是真的给了他，他又觉得还是自己去找到得好。

Rum Tum Tugger 是只相貌威风的公猫，他是唯一颈边有鬃毛的猫，看上去好像雄狮一样出众。他是猫中摇滚歌星般的人物，十分受母猫们的喜爱，尤其是一群小猫更喜欢围着他打转，为他的每句歌词倾倒。

Rum Tum Tugger 的歌，也如他的人一样，是快速的摇滚乐。Rum Tum Tugger 的演员大多有轻微的鼻音，因此听起来好听而且有一点讨人喜欢的蛮横霸道的神气。他的舞蹈不多，一说是因为鬃毛太重。他只是在所有人视线的中心任意游走，挑逗追逐着他小母猫们。

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

If you offer me pheasant I'd rather have

grouse

If you put me in a house I would much

prefer a flat

If you put me in a flat then I'd rather

have a house

If you set me on a mouse then I'd only

want a rat

If you set me on a rat then I'd rather

chase a mouse

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

And there isn't any need for me to shout

it

For he will do as he do do

And there's no doing anything about it

The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore

When you let me in, then I want to go

out

I'm always on the wrong side of every

door

As soon as I'm at home, then I'd like

to get about

I like to lie in the bureau drawer

And I make such a fuss if I can't get

out

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

And there isn't any need for you to

doubt it

For he will do as he do do

And there's no doing anything about it

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast

My disobliging ways are a matter of

habit

If you offer me fish then I always want

a feast

When there isn't any fish then I won't

eat rabbit

If you offer me cream then I sniff and

sneer

But I only like what I find for myself

So you'll catch me in it right up to my

ears

If you put it away on the larder shelf

The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing

The Rum Tum Tugger

Doesn't care for a cuddle

But I'll leap in your lap in the middle

of your sewing

For there's nothing I enjoy like a

horrible muddle

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a

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cuddle

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

And there isn't any need for me to spout

it

For he will do as he do do

And there's no doing anything

abou-----t it!

歌曲名：Grizabella

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

Rum Tum Tugger 的歌结束时，Grizabella

首次上场了。她的衣裳褴褛，神色疲惫。Rum Tum Tugger对她威胁地直立起鬃毛，傲然地擦着她的身边下场。

几只小猫可怜 Grizabella 的悲惨样子，想凑过去安慰她，却被年纪大的猫们拉开了。

Demeter 走上前，仿佛要抚摸

Grizabella，可是在最后一刹那失去了勇气，悲伤地 逃开了。Grizabella 哀怨地歌声责备挡在她面前的 Munkustrap。

Demeter 和 Bombalurina 在一旁唱出了她的身份：原来她就是当年骄傲美丽的魅美之猫 Grizabella。她在年轻的时候就离开了猫群去看外面的世界，成为猫儿们不可饶恕的叛徒。现在她历尽艰辛，狼狈地回来时，猫儿们仍然不肯原谅她。Grizabella 只好又哀伤地下场了。

Grizabella:

Remark the cat who hesitates towards

you

In the light of the door which opens on

her like a grin

You see the border of her coat is torn

and stained with sand

And you see the corner of her eye twist

like a crooked pin

Demeter:

She haunted many a low resort near the

grimy road of Tottenham Court

She flitted about the no man's land

From "The Rising Sun" to "The Friend at

Hand"

And the postman sighed as he scratched

his head

"You'd really had thought she ought to

be dead"

And who would ever suppose that that was

Grizabella the Glamour Cat

Bombalurina:

Grizabella the Glamour Cat, Grizabella

the Glamour Cat

歌曲名：Bust opher jones

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

Grizabella 下场之后，场上的气氛又欢快起来。JennyAnyDots 开始介绍她的好朋友，神气的胖猫 Bustopher Jones。Bustopher Jones 是所有猫群的骄傲，因为他是猫里的绅士，不光有身份，而且还吃遍了英国的酒店和饭馆。

Bustopher Jones 坐下来给小猫们唱了一段歌曲，又送给了 JennyAnyDots 一 朵鲜艳的红花。

这一场有一点过渡的性质，尤其为了冲淡

Grizabella 上场时带来的沉重，歌曲都十分轻松，但不见得会像其他的歌那样给人留下深刻印像。也基本上没有舞蹈。Bustopher Jones 身穿黑白相间的礼服，用一只小汤匙作拐杖。后来他用汤匙作高尔夫球棒打球，十分可爱。

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JennyAnyDots, Bombalurina, Jellylorum:

Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones

In fact, he's remarkably fat

He doesn't haunt pubs, he has eight or

nine clubs

For he's the St. James's Street Cat

He's the cat we all greet as he walks

down the street

In his coat of fastidious black

No common-place mousers have such well

cut trousers

Or such an impeccable back

In the whole of St. James's the smartest

of names is

The name of this brummel of cats

And we're all of us proud to be nodded

or bowed to

By Bustopher Jones in white spats

In the whole of St. James's the smartest

of names is

The name of this brummel of cats

And we're all of us proud to be nodded

or bowed to

By Bustopher Jones in white spats

Bustopher Jones:

My visits are occasional to the Senior

Educational

And it is against the rules

For any one cat to belong both to that

And the Joint Superior Schools

For a similar reason when game is in

season

I'm found not at Fox's but Blimp's

I am frequently seen at the gay Stage

and Screen

Which is famous for winkles and shrimps

In the season of venison I give my

Benison

To the Pothunter's succulent bones

And just before noon's not a moment too

soon

To drop in for a drink at the Drones

When I'm seen in a hurry there's

probably curry

At the Siamese or at the Glutton

When I look full of gloom then I've

lunched at the Tomb

On cabbage, rice pudding and mutton

Jellylorum:

In the whole of St. James's is the

smartest of names

Is the name of this brummel of cats

And we're all of us proud to be nodded

or bowed to

By Bustopher Jones in white, Bustopher

Jones in white

Bustopher Jones in white spats

So much in this way passes Bustopher's

day

At one club or another he's found

It can be no surprise that under our

eyes

He has grown unmistakably round

He's a twenty-five pounder or I am a

bounder

And he's putting on weight everyday

But I'm so well preserved because I've

observed

All my life a routine, and I'd say

I am still in the prime, I shall last

out my time

That's the word from the stoutest of

cats

It must and it shall be spring in Pall

Mall

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While Bustopher Jones wears white,

Bustopher Jones wears white

Bustopher Jones wears white spats

歌曲名：Muhgo jerrie and rumpelteazer

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

突然一声怪响，随之传来警号和红闪光灯。恶猫 Macavity 的脸出现在舞台一角，所有的猫在 Munkustrap 的保护下逃离的舞台，Munkustrap 在四下里搜索一遍之后也下场了。

两声咯咯的笑声，把 Mungojerrie 和

Rumpleteazer 这两只小偷儿带到来场上。

Mungojerrie 和 Rumpleteazer 身上背着小包袱，大约是刚刚作案归来。在歌里他们告诉观众，他们 喜欢和人类开玩笑，不是乱拉抽屉，就是偷走主人宴客时客人的珠宝。可是人们也拿他们没办法，他们甚至分不清究竟是哪一只猫做的坏事，因为

Mungojerrie 和 Rumpleteazer 长得一模一样。

Mungojerrie 和 Rumpleteazer 的动作灵敏，神态顽皮，大约还是刚刚成年的小猫。

Mungojerrie 是个滑稽的男孩子，Rumpleteazer 则是个机灵的女孩。他们的歌舞节奏都很快，很讨人喜爱。在他们的歌结束的时候，其他的猫一起冲上舞台，把他们围住不让他们逃走。从此

Mungojerrie 和 Rumpleteazer 就一直留在台上。猫群显然并不因为他们是小偷就排挤他们。 还有一点就是，他们的歌常常是由不同的人演唱。据说只有录象带版的《猫》里，Mungojerrie 和 Rumpleteazer

的歌才是有 Mungojerrie 和

Rumpleteazer 本人演唱，其他的时候，不是 Munkustrap 或 Mistoffelees 代唱，就是由 Mungojerrie 一个人唱两个人的歌。这也许和他们要求高的舞蹈有关，在

舞台上跳动作幅度大的舞蹈，很难一起发出嘹亮的歌声。

Demeter:

Macavity!

Mungojerrie,

Rumpleteazer/Mistoffelees:

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer were a

notorious couple of cats

As knockabout clowns, quick-change

comedians

Tight-rope walkers and acrobats

They/We had an extensive reputation,

they/we made their home in Victoria

Grove

That was merely their/our center of

operation for they/we were incurably

given to rove

If the area window was found ajar and

the basement looked like a field of war

If a tile or two came loose on the roof

which presently ceased to be waterproof

If the drawers were pulled out from the

bedroom chest

And you couldn't find one of your winter

vests

Or after supper one of the girls

suddenly missed her Woolworth pearls

Then the family would say, "It's that

horrible cat!"

It was Mungojerrie or Rumpleteazer

And most of the time they left it at that

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer had an

unusual gift of the gab

They were highly efficient cat burglars

as well and remarkably smart at a smash

and grab

They made their home in Victoria Grove,

they had no regular occupation

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They were plausible fellows who liked

to engage a friendly policeman in

conversation

When the family assembled for Sunday

dinner

Their minds made up that they wouldn't

get thinner on

Argentine joint, potatoes and greens

Then the cook would appear from behind

the scenes

And say in a voice that was broken with

sorrow

"I'm afraid you must wait and have

dinner tomorrow

The joint has gone from the oven like

that!"

And the family would say, "It's that

horrible cat!

It was Mungojerrie or Rumpleteazer!"

And most of the time they left it at that

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer had a

wonderful way of working together

And some of the time you would say it

was luck and some of the time you would

say it was weather

They'd/We go through the house like a

hurricane and no sober person would

take his oath

Was it Mungojerrie or Rumpleteazer? Or

could you have sworn that it mightn't

be both?

And when you heard a dining room smash

or up from the pantry there came a loud

crash

Or down from the library came a loud

ping

From a vase that was commonly said to

be Ming

Then the family would say: "Now which

was which cat?

It was Mungoherrie and Rumpleteazer and

there's nothing at all to be done about

that!"

歌曲名：Old euteronomy

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

猫儿们再次重聚舞台，Munstrap 给没有见过老德特的小猫们讲述这位猫群首领的事迹。

Rum Tum Tugger 也在一半的时候加入，表现出他对 Old Deuteronomy 的尊敬。（Munkustrap 对 此表现得极其感动，好像从来不敢奢望傲慢的 Rum Tum Tugger

也尊敬 Old Deuteronomy。）

这首歌是赞美 Old Deuteronomy 一生经历的歌，表明了 Old Deuteronomy 在猫群里的身份。但除了强调 Old Deuteronomy 的寿命之长，歌里并没有太多描述 Old

Deuteronomy 业绩的段落。反复唱段都是

咏叹"是，不，喔，啊！我想我看到了 Old

Deuteronomy。"歌曲结束的时候 Old

Deuteronomy 上场， 所有的猫都冲上去拥抱住他，表现了对他无比的尊敬和崇拜。

这首歌由两位男高音合唱，他们的音质优美，歌曲悠扬，十分动听。

Solo:

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy

All:

Well of all things can it be really

Yes, No, ho, hi, oh my eye!

My mind may be wandering but I confess

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy

Munkustrap:

Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time

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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

Rum Tum Tugger:

Old Deuteronomy's buried nine lives

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

Munkustrap:

At the sight of that placid and bland

physiognomy

When he sits in the sun on the vicarage

wall

The oldest inhabitant croaks

Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger:

Well of all things can it be really

Yes, no, 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

Yes, no, 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

Yes, no, 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

Yes, no, ho, hi, oh my eye!

Old Deuteronomy:

My legs may be tottery I must go slow

And be careful of Old Deuteronomy

歌曲名：The jellicle ball

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

忽然恶猫 Macavity 再次出现，所有的猫儿纷纷躲在角落里。Munkustrap 保护在

Old Deuteronomy前面，警惕地留在场中心。幸好 Macavity 只是在场边现一下身就消失了。

几只小猫在 Old Deuteronomy 的安抚下开始重新歌唱，由此带动了所有的猫儿再度集合表演的舞会。

歌曲重复了"洁利珂舞会的邀请"的一段。这一场舞蹈则包括了 Victoria 和其他几只公猫（Mistoffelees，Alonzo，和没有上火车猫妆的 Skimbleshanks）的合舞。可以想见，舞会已达到高潮。

Old Deuteronomy:

Jellicle cats come out tonight

Jellicle cats come one, come all

The Jellicle Moon is shining bright

Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball

Solo:

Jellicle cats are black and white

Jellicle cats are rather small

Jellicle cats are merry and bright

And pleasant to hear when we caterwaul

Jellicle cats have cheerful faces

Jellicle cats have bright black eyes

We like to practice our airs and graces

And wait for the Jellicle Moon to rise

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Jellicle cats develop slowly

Jellicle cats are not too big

Jellicle cats are roly poly

We know how to dance a gavotte and a jig

Until the Jellicle Moon appears

We make our toilette and take our repose

Jellicles wash behind their ears

Jellicles dry between their toes

Jellicle cats are white and black

Jellicle cats are of moderate size

Jellicles jump like a jumping jack

Jellicle cats have moonlit eyes

We're quiet enough in the morning hours

We're quiet enough in the afternoon

Reserving our terpsichorean powers

To dance by the light of the Jellicle

Moon

Jellicle cats are black and white

Jellicle cats (as we said) are small

If it happens to be a stormy night

We will pracitce a caper or two in the

hall

If it happens the sun is shining bright

You would say we had nothing to do at

all

We are resting and saving ourselves to

be right

For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle

Ball

All:

Jellicle cats come out tonight

Jellicle cats come one, come all

The Jellicle Moon is shining bright

Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball

歌曲名：Memory 猫儿们听了这些话，似乎有所触动。

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

Old Deuteronomy:

The moments of happiness

Grizabella 第二次上场，所有的猫依然拒We had the experience but missed the

绝接纳她，Grizabella 被孤伶伶地留在舞meaning

台 中心。

And approach to the meaning restores

Grizabella 努力地想重现当年的美丽时the experience

光，但是她已经年老体弱，永远不能再像

In a different form beyond any meaning

从前那样轻盈的舞蹈了。这时，她唱出了we can assign to happiness

《猫》剧的名曲"记忆"。Old Deuteronomy

The past experience revived in the

在舞台的背景里，听 了她的歌声似乎很有meaning

感触。可是 Grizabella 没能看到他伸出Is not the experience of one life only

的手，Old Deuteronomy 哀伤地看着她黯But of many generations

然下场。

Not forgetting something that is

probably quite ineffable

Grizabella:

Midnight. Not a sound from the pavement

Jemima:

Has the moon lost her memory?

Moonlight. Turn your face to the

She is smiling alone

moonlight

In the lamplight the withered leaves

Let your memory lead you

collect at my feet

Open up enter in

And the wind begins to moan

If you find there the meaning of what

happiness is

歌曲名：The moments of happiness

Then a new life will begin

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

歌曲名：Gus-the theater cat

年老体弱的 Gus，被 Jellylorum 搀扶着来到舞台上，其他的猫纷纷起身给他最好的座位。

Old Deuteronomy 提醒所有的猫儿， 快乐的本意不光是在现在，还有值得怀念的过去时光。

小猫 Jemima 用清脆的歌声唱出

Grizabella 的"记忆"的旋律，她稚嫩的童音，道出了《猫》剧 的内涵"让回忆牵引你，展开心扉，如果你在那里发现了快乐的意义，一个新的生命就会在你面前展开。"

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歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

Gus 一直由 Jellylorum 照顾，因此也由

Jellylorum 向大家介绍他这只戏院里的猫。

别看现在的 Gus 又老又瘦，而且因为生病爪子也止不住的颤抖。可是 Gus 在年轻的时候，可是戏院里鼎鼎大名的演员。他曾经扮演过数不胜数的优秀角色，甚至有一次谢幕七次之多。老 Gus 也自豪地诉说当年他精湛的演技，而且还有更重要的，现在的小猫们所没有的，认真踏实的态度。

"现在的小猫们，可不像我们当年受过那么

严格的训练。他们只会耍些小聪明，还以为蹦蹦跳跳就能当好演员。"

"这些现代戏么，也都不错，可是，不能和我们当年相比。" －－ Gus 要是会说中文，一定就会说出"真是一代不如一代"的话啦。

老 Gus 回忆着自己当年演过的角色，他明白那些辉煌时光再不回来，十分哀伤。

Jellylorum:

Gus is the cat at the theatre door

His name as I ought to have told you

before

Is really Asparagus, and that's such a

fuss to pronounce

That we usually call him just Gus

His coat's very shabby, he's thin as a

rake

And he suffers from palsy that makes his

paw shake

Yet he was in his youth quite the

smartest of cats

But no longer a terror to mice or to rats

For he isn't the cat that he was in his

prime

Though his name was quite famous, he

says, in his time

And whenever he joins his friends at

their club

(Which takes place at the back of the

neighboring pub)

He loves to regale them, if someone else

pays

With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest

days

For he once was a star of the highest

degree

He has acted with Irving, he's acted

with Tree

And he likes to relate his success on

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the halls

Where the gallery once gave him seven

cat calls

But his greatest creation as he loves

to tell

Is Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the

Fell

Gus:

I have played in my time every possible

part

And I used to know seventy speeches by

heart

I'd extemporize backchat, I knew how to

gag

And I knew how to let the cat out of the

bag

I knew how to act with my back and my

tail

With an hour of rehearsal, I never could

fail

I'd a voice that would soften the

hardest of hearts

Whether I took the lead, or in character

parts

I have sat by the bedside of poor little

Nell

When the curfew was rung then I swung

on the bell

In the pantomime season I never fell

flat

And I once understudied Dick

Whittington's cat

But my greatest creation, as history

will tell

Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the

Fell

Jellylorum:

Then, if someone will give him a

toothful of gin

He will tell how he once played a part

in East Lynne

At a Shakespeare performance he once

walked on pat

When some actor suggested the need for

a cat

Gus:

And I say now these kittens, they do not

get trained

As we did in the days when Victoria

reigned

They never get drilled in a regular

troupe

And they think they are smart just to

jump through a hoop

Jellylorum:

And he says as he scratches himself with

his claws

Well the theatre is certainly not what

it was

These modern productions are all very

well

But there's nothing to equal, from what

I hear tell

That moment of mystery when I made

history

As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the

Fell

Gus:

I once crossed the stage on a telephone

wire

To rescue a child when a house was on

fire

And I think that I still can much better

than most

Produce blood curdling noises to bring

on the ghost

And I once played Growltiger

Could do it again, could do it again

Could do it again

歌曲名：Growltigers last stand

inccuding the ballad of bluy mccaw

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

这一首歌的场面很大，是《猫》全剧唯一的一次场景改换（由破烂堆转为荡漾碧波中的船只和小岛 ）。这其实是老演员 Gus

一段关于当年演出的回忆。很可惜这首歌，及后面的"比利·麦库尔的叙事诗" 都没有被《猫》的录象带收录。

格若泰格的最后一战，讲的是海盗格若泰格（Growltiger），在海上危害四方，罪大恶极。

可是一天他见到美丽的母猫

Griddlebone，受其迷惑，竟没能看到猫群的追杀，终于在最后一战之中落水而亡。

在这一段里，Gus 扮演 Growltiger。（据说在舞台上，Gus 在唱完"Gus： 剧院的 猫"之后，突然挥去身上残旧破烂的老皮，摇身变成英武雄壮的大海盗 Growltiger。）Jellylorum 身着 白衣扮演

Griddlebone。其他几只公猫（通常是

Munkustrap，Skimbleshanks，Rum Tum

Tugger， Mistoffelees 和 Alonzo）先是扮演被 Growltiger 袭击的商船船员，后来扮演冲上来杀害 Growltiger 的一群狸猫。

虽然听来也许像是个坏人罪有应得的故事，可是由于 Growltiger 与

Griddlebone 对唱情歌真挚动人，而后 在

Growltiger 被人围功的时候

Griddlebone 却偷偷溜掉，Growltiger 反而变成了让人怜悯的悲剧英雄。

Growltiger was a bravo cat who

travelled on a barge

In fact he was the roughest cat to ever

roam at large

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From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued

his evil aims

Rejoicing in his title of The Terror of

the Thames

His manners and appearance did not

calculate to please

His coat was torn and seedy, it was

baggy at the knees

One ear was somewhat missing, no need

to tell you why

And he scowled upon a hostile world from

one forbidding eye

The cottagers of Rotherhithe knew

something of his fame

At Hammersmith and Putney people

shuddered at his name

They would fortify the henhouse, lock

up the silly goose

When the rumor ran along the shore:

Growltiger's on the loose!

Woe to the weak canary that fluttered

from its cage

Woe to the pampered Pekinese, that

faced Growltiger's rage

Woe to the bristly bandicoot, that

lurked on foreign ships

And woe to any cat with whom Growltiger

came to grips

But most to cats of foreign race his

hatred had been vowed

To cats of foreign name and race no

quarter was allowed

The Persian and the Siamese regarded

him with fear

Because it was a Siamese had mauled his

missing ear

Now on a peaceful summer night all

nature seemed at play

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The tender moon was shining bright, the

barge at Molsey lay

All in the balmy moonlight it lay

rocking on the tide

And Growltiger was disposed to show his

sentimental side

In the forepeak of the vessel

Growltiger stood alone

Concentrating my attention on the lady

Griddlebone

And my raffish crew were sleeping in

their barrels and their bunks

As the Siamese came creeping in their

sampans and their junks

Growltiger had no eye or ear for aught

but Griddlebone

And the lady seemed enraptured by my

manly baritone

Disposed to relaxation and awaiting no

surprise

But the moonlight shone reflected from

a thousand bright blue eyes

And closer still and closer the sampans

circled round

And yet from all the enemy there was not

heard a sound

The foe was armed with toasting forks

and cruel carving knives

As the lovers sang their last duet in

danger of their lives

In una tepida notte d'estate, allorche

la natura

Era nel pieno fulgore, e la resca

rugiada

Splendeva al chiar di luna sopra la

verzura

Si poteva vedere il galeone ancorato

Oscillare in silenzio nel vento

profumato

Dalla marea del naviglio serenamente

cullato

In quella tepida notte che c'e dunque

di male

Se in tnata poesia anche il pirata

divento sentimentale?

Oscillare in silenzio nel vento

profumato

Dalla marea do naviglio serenamente

cullato

In quella tepida notte

In quella tepida notte

In quella tepida notte

Then Genghis gave the signal to his

fierce Mongolian hordes

Abandoning their sampans, the chinks

they swarmed aboard

Abandoning their sampans, their

pullaway, their junks

They battened down the hatches on the

crew within their bunks

Then Griddlebone she gave a screech for

she was badly skeered

I am sorry to admit it, but she quickly

disappeared

She probably escaped with ease, I'm

sure she was not drowned

But a serried ring of flashing steel

Growltiger did surround

The ruthless foe pressed forward in

stubborn rank on rank

Growltiger to his vast surprise was

forced to walk the plank

He who a hundred victims had driven to

that drop

At the end of all his crimes was forced

to go kerflip, kerflop

Oh there was joy in Wapping when the

news flew through the land

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At Maidenhead and Henley there was

dancing on the strand

Rats were roasted whole at Brentford

and Victoria Dock

And a day of celebration was commanded

in Bangkok!

These modern productions are all very

well

But there's nothing to equal from what

I hear tell

That moment of mystery when I made

歌曲名：Skimbceshands

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

火车上的猫 Skimbleshanks 即使与 Old

Deuteronomy 没有血缘关系，他也无疑被猫儿们看作最可爱的叔叔。他的到来，使场上充满了快乐的气氛，所有的猫儿为他唱歌伴舞，和谐欢快的场面只有

JennyAnyDots 的歌"老甘比猫"可以媲美。

Skimbleshanks 是一只在火车上举足轻重的猫。如果没有他细心周密的监督，整个火车就无法顺利运行。Skimbleshanks 照顾着旅客、行李、车厢，甚至连车上的工人和列车长也得听他调度。在半夜里他也不会闲下来，而是在火车上下巡逻视察，因为有责任心的 Skimbleshanks 从不让事情出一点差错。

猫群里的大猫小猫对劳苦功高的

Skimbleshanks 十分尊敬。他们用雨伞，埽笊，自行车轮和探照灯为

Skimbleshanks 装配了一辆火车，在这首歌结束的时候，大家把他像英雄一样高举起来。这一段的舞蹈虽然不多，但是场上的活动纷繁多样，带了一点儿童剧式的灵活多变的色彩。而且这首歌的节奏十分明快，曲调流畅，是剧中较有名的曲目之一。

All:

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat the cat

of the railway train

There's a whisper down the line at

eleven thirty-nine

When the night mail's ready to depart

Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble has

he gone to hunt the thimble

We must find him or the train can't

start"

Skimbleshanks:

All the guards and all the porters and

the station master's daughters

Would be searching high and low

Saying "Skimble where is Skimble for

unless he's very nimble

Then the night mail just can't go."

At eleven forty-two with the signal

overdue

And the passengers all frantic to a man

That's when I would appear and I'd

saunter to the rear

I'd been busy in the luggage van!

Then he gave one flash of his

glass-green eyes

And the signal went "all clear"

They'd be off at last for the northern

part of the northern hemisphere!

All:

Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat the cat

of the railway train

Skimbleshanks:

You might say that by and large it was

me who was in charge

Of the Sleeping Car Express

From the driver and the guards to the

bagmen playing cards

I would supervise them all more or less

Down the corridor he paces and examines

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all the faces

Of the travellers in the first and the

third

He established control by a regular

patrol

and he'd know at once if anything

occurred.

And he'd watch you without winking and

he saw what you were thinking

And it's certain that he didn't approve

Of hilarity and riot so that folks were

very quiet

When Skimble was about and on the move

You could play no pranks with

Skimbleshanks

He's a cat that couldn't be ignored

So nothing went wrong on the Northern

Mail

When Skimbleshanks was aboard

It was very pleasant when they'd found

their little den

With their name written up on the door

And the berth was very neat with a newly

folded sheet

And not a speck of dust upon the floor

There was every sort of light you could

make it dark or bright

And a button you could turn to make a

breeze

And a funny little basin you're

supposed to wash your face in

And a crank to shut the window should

you sneeze

Then the guard looked in politely and

would ask you very brightly

Would you like your morning tea weak or

strong?

But I was right behind him and was ready

to remind him

For Skimble won't let anything go wrong

All:

When they crept into their cosy berth

and pulled up the counterpane

They all could reflect that it was very

nice

To know that they wouldn't be bothered

by mice

They can leave all that to the railway

cat

The cat of the railway train

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat the cat

of the railway train

Skimbleshanks:

In the watches of the night I was always

fresh and bright

Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea

With perhaps a drop of scotch while I

was keeping on the watch

Only stopping here and there to catch

a flea

They were fast asleep at Crewe

And so they never knew that I was

walking up and down the station

They were sleeping all the while I was

busy at Carlisle

Where I met the station master with

elation

They might see me at Dumfries if I

summoned the police

If there was anything they ought to know

about

When they got to Gallowgate there they

did not have to wait

For Skimbleshanks would help them to

get out

All:

And he gives a wave of his long brown

tail

Which says "I'll see you again"

You will meet without fail on the

midnight mail

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The Cat of the Railway Train

You will meet without fail on the

midnight mail

The Cat of the Railway Train

歌曲名：Macavity

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast

这一段的风格急转，由无忧无虑的旋律直落成神秘阴暗，流利婉转的爵士乐。许多故事的关键情节也都发生在这一首歌里。

Skimbleshanks 的歌被 Macavity 的到来打断。这一次，Macavity 不再隐藏在幕后冷笑，而是直接闯到场上，带领他的老鼠爪牙截走了 Old Deuteronomy。

全场的猫儿都被这突然的变化惊呆了。在

Munkustrap 带领其他猫追赶 Macavity

的时候，两只曾经与 Macavity 相识的母猫，Demeter 和 Bombalurina，向躲在角落里的小猫们讲述 Macavity 这一只神秘的罪犯猫。

Macavity 人称"隐藏的魔爪"，因为他虽然罪大恶极，可是从没有人抓住过他犯罪的证据。他看起来总是半睡半醒，无所事事的样子，其实那只是他在深思熟虑时的伪装。无论他做了什么坏事，比如偷人家的牛奶，打碎暖房的玻璃，Macavity 总能抓出一两个证人证明他不在案发现场。因此就连苏格兰场也没有他的犯罪案底。

Macavity 自在地萧遥于法外，在幕后操纵着无数恶行。Demeter 和 Bombalurina 愤怒的称他为 "犯罪界的拿破伦"。 这一段里，两只母猫载歌载舞，歌声亮丽浑厚，舞蹈柔韧夭娆，是本剧的经典曲目。

Munkustrap 和其他的猫儿没有找到 Old

Deuteronomy，失望 的回来，不想几只老鼠忽然带着 Old Deuteronomy 出现。他们

解开 Old Deuteronomy 让他回到猫群 之中。在所有的猫兴奋地拥抱 Old

Deuteronomy 的时候，Demeter 却连连退缩。只有她看出场上的 Old Deuteronomy

不是本人。最后，她终于冲上前去揭开 Old

Deuteronomy 的灰皮，原来皮的下藏着 的是大犯罪者 Macavity！

Macavity 被揭露了面目，放肆地伸出利爪，在猫群里四下抓咬，猖 狂到极点。可是在他又一次抓住 Demeter，想要截持她的时候，Munkustrap 和 Alonzo 冲上去救

下了 Demeter。

然后，Munkustrap 和 Macavity 展开一场血淋淋的大战。最后 Munkustrap 虽然失败，但是被激怒的猫群勇敢地站起来，团团围攻 Macavity。Macavity 敌不过这么多猫，在受伤之后他抓过场边裸露的电线，使电线造成短路，全场陷入一片黑暗。Macavity 也称着黑暗逃跑了。

黑暗中，受伤的猫儿互相安慰。

Demeter:

Macavity!

Macavity's a mystery cat: He's called

the Hidden Paw

For he's a master criminal who can defy

the law

He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard,

the Flying Squad's despair

For when they reach the scene of crime

Macavity's not there!

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like

Macavity

He's broken every human law, he breaks

the law of gravity

His powers of levitation would make a

fakir stare

And when you reach the scene of crime

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Macavity's not there

You may seek him in the basement, you

may look up in the air

But I tell you once and once again,

Macavity's not there!

Bombalutina:

Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall

and thin

You would know him if you saw him for

his eyes are sunken in

His brow is deeply lined in thought, his

head is highly domed

His coat is dusty from neglect, his

whiskers are uncombed

He sways his head from side to side,

with movements like a snake

And when you think he's half asleep,

he's always wide awake!

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like

Macavity

He is a fiend in feline shape, a monster

of depravity

You may meet him in a by-street, you may

see him in the square

But when a crime's discovered then

Macavity's not there!

Demeter, Bombalutina:

He's outwardly respectable, I know he

cheats at cards

And his footprints are not found in any

files of Scotland Yard's

And when the larder's looted or the

jewel cases rifled

Or when the milk is missing or another

Peke's been stifled

Or the greenhouse glass is broken and

the trellis past repair

There's the wonder of the thing

Macavity's not there!

and they say that all the cats whose

wicked deeds are widely known

I might mention Mungojerrie, I might

mention Griddlebone

Are nothing more than agents for the cat

who all the time

Just controls the operations: The

Napoleon of Crime!

Demeter, Bombalutina:

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like

Macavity

He's a fiend in feline shape, a monster

of depravity

You may meet him in a by-street, you may

see him in the square

But when a crime's discovered then

Macavity, Macavity

Macavity, Macavity

When a crime's discovered then

Macavity's not there!

-- The Fight --

All:

We have to find Old Deuteronomy

歌曲名：Mr mistffolees

歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

猫群在黑暗中惶恐不安，他们急需要找回

Old Deuteronomy，却又不知道该如何找起。这时候，Rum Tum Tugger 从躲避的地方（他大概是唯一没有参战的成年猫）走出来，向大家介绍了一只年轻的猫：Mistoffelees 先生。

Mistoffelees 是一只有魔力的猫，要说他的魔幻法术，就连人类的魔术师也甘拜下风。他看起来小巧灵活，年轻而且有些害羞，可是他的能力不能让人小看。他能穿过最小的缝隙，也曾在帽子里变出七只小

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猫，他能使人在空间里跳跃，大家明明在屋里刚看见他，转眼他却在房顶上出现。

Mistoffelees 在 Rum Tum Tugger 的歌声中从天而降。他用魔力引亮了场上的灯，使破烂堆又现光明。

然后，他选 Cassandra 做助手，用一快红绸变回了 Old Deuteronomy。 所有的猫一起为 Old Deuteronomy 的归来和

Mistoffelees 的魔力欢呼。Mistoffelees

自己也因为有机会为猫群做大事而高兴得连蹦带跳。

这一首歌，在一些版本里是 Rum Tum

Tugger 独唱，但也有一些版本里是 Rum

Tum Tugger 和 Mistoffelees 合唱。但是舞蹈只有剧团里最优秀的舞者--Mistoffelees 独自承担。这首歌的曲调动听，重复的地方多，因而会给人留下很深的印象。

Rum Tum Tugger:

You ought to ask Mr. Mistoffelees!

The original Conjuring Cat

The greatest magicians have something

to learn

From Mr. Mistoffelees conjuring turn

And you'll all say

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

He is quiet, he is small, he is black

From the ears to the tip of his tail

He can creep through the tiniest crack

He can walk on the narrowest rail

He can pick any card from a pack

He is equally cunning with dice

He is always decieving you into

believing

That he's only hunting for mice

He can play any trick with a cork

Or a spoon and a bit of fish paste

If you look for a knife or a fork

And you think it was merely misplaced

You have seen it one moment and then it

is gone!

But you find it next week laying out on

the lawn

And we all say

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

All:

And we all say

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

And we all say

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

And we all say

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

Mistoffelees/Rum Tum Tugger:

Well! My manner is vague and aloof

You would think there was nobody shyer

But my voice has been heard on the roof

When I was curled up by the fire

And I've sometimes been heard by the

fire

When I was about on the roof

At least they all heard that somebody

purred

Which is uncontestable proof of my

singular magical powers

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And I've known the family to call me in

from the garden for hours

When I was asleep in the hall

Rum Tum Tugger:

And not long ago this phenomenal cat

Produced seven kittens right out of a

hat

And we all say

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

And not long ago this phenomenal cat

Produced seven kittens right out of a

hat

And we all say

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

Oh! well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

Oh! Well I never was there ever

A cat so clever as magical Mr.

Mistoffelees

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the

magical Mr. Mistoffelees!

Life

Grizabella:

歌曲名：Memory

Midnight, Not a sound from the pavement

歌手名：群星

Has the moon lost her memory?

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

She is smiling alone

In the lamplight

天色渐渐发白，黎明在即。重新回到猫群The withered leaves collect at my feet

里的 Old Deuteronomy 就要在此刻选出登And the wind begins to moan

上云外之路的幸运猫儿。忽然小猫 Jemima

站起，唱起了 Grizabella 的歌。

Memory, all alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days

歌声中 Grizabella 再次上场，所有的猫I was beautiful then

不愿接收她，但也不再敌对，他们分散到I remember the time I knew what

场地四周，背对着 Grizabella。happiness was

Grizabella 悲伤的唱起"记忆"。记忆使她Let the memory live again

回忆起当年的快乐时光，虽然那些时光不Burnt out ends of smokey days

再回来，但她的生命已因它们而完整。一The stale cold smell of morning

只接一只的，场上的猫儿慢慢转过身来面The streetlamp dies, another night is

对 Grizabella 。当善良的白猫 Victoria

over

再一次站起来触摸 Grizabella 的时候，Another day is dawning

年长的猫们非但没有阻拦，反而示意她勇

敢的上前。

Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise

I must think of a new life

在 Victoria 的带领下，所有的猫都走上And I musn't give in

前来，用伸出的双手接纳了当年背叛过他When the dawn comes tonight will be a

们的同类。经过了今晚的事件，他们已经memory too

学会了欢乐与谅解的重要。

And a new day will begin

Jemima:

Sunlight, through the trees in summer

Daylight, see the dew on the sunflower

Endless masquerading

And a rose that is fading

Like a flower as the dawn is breaking

Roses whither away

The memory is fading

Like the sunflower I yearn to turn my

face to the dawn

Touch me, it's so easy to leave me

I am waiting for the day

All alone with the memory

Of my days in the sun

Munkustrap:

If you touch me you'll understand what

Now Old Deuteronomy just before dawn

happiness is

Through a silence you feel you could cut

Look, a new day has begun

with a knife

Announces the cat who can now be reborn

歌曲名：The journey to the heaviside

And come back to a different Jellicle

layer

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歌手名：群星 歌手名：群星

专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast） 专辑名：Cats（Original London Cast）

当 Munkustrap 把 Grizabella 带到老德特面前的时候，Old Deuteronomy 欢迎了这终于归家的游子。他决定，Grizabella

就是被送上云外之路的猫。

场中具有神奇魔力的轮胎在 Old

Deuteronomy 的召唤下徐徐升起，所有的

猫围聚在一起，用歌声向轮胎上的

Grizabella 道别。轮胎升上半空，金色的云彩降落，Grizabella 在 Old

Deuteronomy 的鼓励下走入了美丽的云彩之中。

这一首歌的篇幅很短，是尾声之前的过渡。

All:

Up up up past the Russell Hotel

Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer

Up up up past the Russell Hotel

Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer

Up up up past the Russell Hotel

Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer

Up up up past the Russell Hotel

Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer

Up up up past the Jellicle Moon

Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer

Up up up past the Jellicle Moon

Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer

The mystical divinity of unashamed

felinity

Round the cathedral rang "Vivat"

Life to the everlasting cat

歌曲名：The addressing of cats

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全剧的最后的一首歌是 Old Deuteronomy

唱给场外听众的。他告诉大家，其实猫和人类没什么不同。经过了这一晚精彩的演出，人类也看到了各种各样的猫儿，也知道了他们的特点和喜好。所以，要是你想得到猫儿的尊敬，就要首先尊重他们。

Old Deuteronomy:

You've heard of several kinds of cat

And my opinion now is that

You should need no interpreter to

understand our character

You've learned enough to take the view

That cats are very much like you

You've seen us both at work and play

And learnt about our proper names

Our habits and our habitat

But how would you ad-dress a cat

So first, your memory I'll jog

And say: A cat is not a dog

So first, your memory I'll jog

And say: A cat is not a dog

With cats, some say one rule is true

Don't speak til you are spoken to

Myself I do not hold with that

I say you should ad-dress a cat

But always bear in mind that he resents

familiarity

You bow, and taking off your hat,

ad-dress him in this form: "O cat"!

Before a cat will condescend

To treat you as a trusted friend

Some little token of esteem is needed,

like a dish of cream

And you might now and then supply

Some caviar or strassburg pie

Some potted grouse or salmon paste

He's sure to have his personal taste

And so in time you reach your aim

And call him by his name

All:

A cat's entitled to expect

These evidences of respect

So this is this and that is that

And there's how you ad-dress a cat

A cat's entitled to expect these

evidences of respect

So this is this, and that is that

And there's how you ad-dress a cat

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