Old Deuteronomy

Old Deuteronomy?

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy.

Well, of all things can it be really? No! Yes! Ho! Hi! Oh, my eye!
My mind may be wandering, but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy.

Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time.
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.

Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives
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.
At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy
When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall,
The oldest inhabitant croaks.

Well, of all things can it be really?
No! Yes! 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?
No! Yes! 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?
No! Yes! 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?
No! Yes! Ho! Hi! Oh, my eye!
My legs may be tottery, I must go slow
And be careful of Old Deuteronomy.