(Singers in The Rum Tum Tugger: The Rum Tum Tugger, Bombalurina, Mistoffelees*, Company)
COMPANY
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
If you offer me a 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 only want a rat
If you set me on a rat then I'd rather chase a mouse
COMPANY
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
And there isn't any need for me to shout it
COMPANY
For he will do as he do do
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
And there's no doing anything about it
MISTOFFELEES*
The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
When you let me in then I want to go out
I'm always on the wrong side of every door
And as soon as I'm at home then I want to get about
I like to lie in a bureau drawer
But I make such a fuss if I can't get out!
COMPANY
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
And there isn't any need for you to doubt it
COMPANY
For he will do as he do do
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
And there's no doing anything about it
BOMBALURINA
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
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
For I only like what I find for myself
--No.
So you'll catch me in it right up to my ears
If you put it away on the larder shelf
COMPANY
The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing
The Rum Tum Tugger
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
Doesn't care for a cuddle
But I'll leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing
For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle
COMPANY
The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
And there isn't any need for me to spout it
COMPANY
For he will do as he do do
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
And there's no doing anything about it!
*In the Troika Tour, this line is sung by Munkustrap and Plato. Mistoffelees sings it in all other English-speaking productions I know of.
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