Old Deuteronomy

MISTOFFELEES:

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

TUGGER:

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

MISTOFFELEES:

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!

 Yes...No...Ho...Hi!  Oh my eye!

 My mind may be wandering but I confess

 I believe it is Old Deuteronomy"

TUGGER:

Old Deuteronomy sits in the street

He sits in the High Street on market day

The Bullocks may bellow, the sheep they may bleat

But the dogs and the herdsmen will turn them away

MISTOFFELEES:

The cars and the lorries run over the curb

And the villagers put up a notice: "ROAD CLOSED"

So that nothing untoward may chance to disturb

Deuteronomy's rest when he feels so disposed

TUGGER:

The digestive repose of that feline's gastronomy

Must never be broken, whatever befall

MISTOFFELEES:

And the oldest inhabitant croaks,

"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"

CHORUS

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!

DEUTERONOMY:

My legs may be tottery, I must go slow

And be careful of Old Deuteronomy