1、Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats杰里科之歌Are you blind when youre 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 its worse than your bark?Are you cock of the wall when youre walking alone?Because Jellicles are and Jellicles doJellicles do
2、 and Jellicles wouldJellicles would and Jellicles canJellicles can and Jellicles doWhen you fall on your head, do you land on your feet?Are you tense when you sense theres a storm in the air?Can you find your way blind when youre lost in the street?Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?Becaus
3、e Jellicles can and Jellicles doJellicles do and Jellicles canJellicles can and Jellicles doJellicles do and Jellicles canJellicles can and Jellicles doCan you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?Familiar with candle, with book and with bell?Were you Whittingtons friend? The Pied Pipers assis
4、tant?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 youre smelling a rat?Were you there when the pharaohs commissioned the Sphinx?If you were, and you are, youre a Jellicle catJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs
5、for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsWe can dive through the air like a flying trapezeWe can turn double somersaults, bounce on a tireWe can run up the wall, we can swing through the treesWe can balance on bars, we can walk
6、on a wireJellicles can and Jellicles doJellicles can and Jellicles doJellicles can and Jellicles doJellicles can and Jellicles doJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsCan you sing at the same time in more than
7、one keyDuets by Rossini and waltzes by StraussAnd can you (as cats do) begin with a CThat always triumphantly brings down the house?Jellicle cats are queen of the nightsSinging at astronomical heightsHandling pieces from the messiahHallelujah, angelical choirThe mystical divinity of unashamed felini
8、tyRound the cathedral rang VivatLife to the everlasting cat!Feline, fearless, faithful and trueTo others who do-whatJellicles do and Jellicles canJellicles can and Jellicles doJellicle cats sing Jellicle chantsJellicles old and Jellicles newJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle
9、 catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsPractical cats, dramatical catsPragmatical cats, fanatical catsOratorical cats, delphioracle catsSkeptical cats, dispeptical catsRomantical cats, pedantical catsCritical cats, parasitical catsAllegorical cats, metaphorical catsStat
10、istical cats and mystical catsPolitical cats, hypocritical catsClerical cats, hysterical catsCynical cats, rabbinical catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsJellicle songs for Jellicle catsThe Naming Of Cats
11、猫的命名Solo:Theres a man over there with a look of surpriseAs much as to say well now, how about that?Munkustrap:Do I actually see with my own very eyesA man whos not heard of a Jellicle cat?Whats a Jellicle cat? All:Whats a Jellicle cat?All:The naming of cats is a difficult matterIt isnt just one of y
12、our holiday gamesYou may think at first Im mad as a hatterWhen I tell you a cat must have three different namesFirst of all, theres the name that the family use dailySuch as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or JamesSuch as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill BaileyAll of them are sensible, everyday namesThere
13、 are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,Some for the gentleman, 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 thats particularA name thats peculiar and more dignifiedElse how can he keep up his tail pe
14、rpendicular?Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorumSuch as Munkustrap, Quaxo or CoricopatSuch as Bombalurina, or else JellylorumNames that never belong to more than one catBut above and beyond theres still one name left overAnd that is the name
15、that you will never guessThe name that no human research can discoverBut the cat himself knows and will never confessWhen you notice a cat in profound meditationThe reason, I tell you, is always the sameHis mind is engaged in rapt contemplationOf the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his na
16、meHis ineffable, effable, effanineffableDeep and inscrutable singular nameName, name, name, name, name, nameThe Invitation To The Jellicle Ball杰里科舞会邀请Mistoffelees:Jellicle cats come out tonightJellicle cats come one come allThe Jellicle moon is shining brightJellicles come to the Jellicle BallJellic
17、le cats come out tonightJellicles come to the Jellicle BallAll:Jellicle cats come out tonightJellicle cats come one come allThe Jellicle moon is shining brightJellicles come to the Jellicle BallJellicle cats come out tonightJellicle cats come one come allThe Jellicle moon is shining brightJellicles
18、come to the Jellicle BallMunkustrap:Jellicle cats meet once a yearAt the Jellicle Ball where we all rejoiceAnd the Jellicle Leader will soon appearAnd make what is known as the Jellicle ChoiceWhen Old Deuteronomy just before dawnThrough a silence you feel you could cut with a knifeAnnounces the cat
19、who can now be rebornAnd come back to a different Jellicle LifeFor waiting up there is the Heaviside LayerWith wonders one Jellicle only will seeJellicles ask because Jellices dareWho will it be?Who will it be?The Old Gumbie Cat老甘比猫Munkustrap:I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is JennyanydotsHer
20、coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spotsAll day she sits beneath the stairs or on the steps or on the matShe sits and sits and sits and sits and thats what makes a Gumbie CatThats what makes a Gumbie CatJellylorum, Bombalurina, Demeter:ButWhen the days hustle and bustle is done
21、Then the Gumbie Cats work is but hardly begunAnd when all the familys in bed and asleepShe tucks up her skirts to the basement to creepShe is deeply concerned with the ways of the miceTheir behaviors not good and their manners not niceAnd when she has got them lined up on the mattingShe teaches them
22、 music, crocheting and tattingMunkustrap:I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is JennyanydotsThe curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knotsShe sits upon the windowsill, or anything thats smooth and flatShe sits and sits and sits and sits and thats what makes a Gumbie CatThats what
23、makes a Gumbie CatJellylorum, Bombalurina, Demeter:ButWhen the days hustle and bustle is doneThen the Gumbie Cats work is but hardly begunShe thinks that the cockroaches need employmentTo protect them from idle and wanton destroymentSo shes formed from that lot of disorderly loutsA troop of well dis
24、ciplined helpful boy scoutsWith a purpose in life and a good deed to doAnd shes even created a Beetles Tattoo!All:For shes a jolly good fellow! Jennyanydots:Thank you my dearsThe Rum Tum Tugger若腾塔格The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catIf you offer me pheasant Id rather have grouseIf you put me in a hou
25、se I would much prefer a flatIf you put me in a flat then Id rather have a houseIf you set me on a mouse then Id only want a ratIf you set me on a rat then Id rather chase a mouseThe Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catAnd there isnt any need for me to shout itFor he will do as he do doAnd theres no doin
26、g anything about itThe Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible boreWhen you let me in, then I want to go outIm always on the wrong side of every doorAs soon as Im at home, then Id like to get aboutI like to lie in the bureau drawerAnd I make such a fuss if I cant get outThe Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catAnd t
27、here isnt any need for you to doubt itFor he will do as he do doAnd theres no doing anything about itThe Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beastMy disobliging ways are a matter of habitIf you offer me fish then I always want a feastWhen there isnt any fish then I wont eat rabbitIf you offer me cream then
28、I sniff and sneerBut I only like what I find for myselfSo youll catch me in it right up to my earsIf you put it away on the larder shelfThe Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowingThe Rum Tum TuggerDoesnt care for a cuddleBut Ill leap in your lap in the middle of your sewingFor theres nothing I enjoy li
29、ke a horrible muddleThe Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catThe Rum Tum Tugger doesnt care for a cuddleThe Rum Tum Tugger is a curious catAnd there isnt any need for me to spout itFor he will do as he do doAnd theres no doing anything abou-t it!Grizabella： The Glamour Cat格里泽贝拉：魅力猫Grizabella:Remark the ca
30、t who hesitates towards youIn the light of the door which opens on her like a grinYou see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sandAnd you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pinDemeter:She haunted many a low resort near the grimy road of Tottenham CourtShe flitted about the no
31、 mans landFrom The Rising Sun to The Friend at HandAnd the postman sighed as he scratched his headYoud really had thought she ought to be deadAnd who would ever suppose that that was Grizabella the Glamour CatBombalurina:Grizabella the Glamour Cat, Grizabella, the Glamour CatAnd whod ever supposed t
32、hat THATWas Grizabella the Glamour Cat?Bustoper Jones： The Cat About Town巴斯托夫琼斯：贵族猫JennyAnyDots, Bombalurina, Jellylorum:Bustopher Jones is not skin and bonesIn fact, hes remarkably fatHe doesnt haunt pubs, he has eight or nine clubsFor hes the St. Jamess Street CatHes the cat we all greet as he wal
33、ks down the streetIn his coat of fastidious blackNo common-place mousers have such well cut trousersOr such an impeccable backIn the whole of St. Jamess the smartest of names isThe name of this brummel of catsAnd were all of us proud to be nodded or bowed toBy Bustopher Jones in white spatsIn the wh
34、ole of St. Jamess the smartest of names isThe name of this brummel of catsAnd were all of us proud to be nodded or bowed toBy Bustopher Jones in white spatsBustopher Jones:My visits are occasional to the Senior EducationalAnd it is against the rulesFor any one cat to belong both to thatAnd the Joint
35、 Superior SchoolsFor a similar reason when game is in seasonIm found not at Foxs but BlimpsI am frequently seen at the gay Stage and ScreenWhich is famous for winkles and shrimpsIn the season of venison I give my BenisonTo the Pothunters succulent bonesAnd just before noons not a moment too soonTo d
36、rop in for a drink at the DronesWhen Im seen in a hurry theres probably curryAt the Siamese or at the GluttonWhen I look full of gloom then Ive lunched at the TombOn cabbage, rice pudding and muttonJellylorum:In the whole of St. Jamess is the smartest of namesIs the name of this brummel of catsAnd w
37、ere all of us proud to be nodded or bowed toBy Bustopher Jones in white, Bustopher Jones in whiteBustopher Jones in white spatsSo much in this way passes Bustophers dayAt one club or another hes foundIt can be no surprise that under our eyesHe has grown unmistakably roundHes a twenty-five pounder or
38、 I am a bounderAnd hes putting on weight everydayBut Im so well preserved because Ive observedAll my life a routine, and Id sayI am still in the prime, I shall last out my timeThats the word from the stoutest of catsIt must and it shall be spring in Pall MallWhile Bustopher Jones wears white, Bustop
39、her Jones wears whiteBustopher Jones wears white spatsMungojerrie And Rumpelteazer蒙哥杰利和兰贝蒂泽Mungojerrie and RumpelteazerWere a notorious couple of catsAs knockabout clowns, quick change comediansTight-rope walkers and acrobatsWe have an extensive reputationWe make our home in Victoria GroveThat is me
40、rely our center of operationFor we are incurably given to roveWe are very well known in Cornwall GardensIn Launceston Place and in Kensington SquareWe have really a little more reputationThan a couple of cats can very well bearIf the area window is found ajarOr the basement looks like a field of war
41、If a tile or two comes loose on the roofWhich presently fails to be waterproofIf the drawers are pulled out from bedroom chestsAnd you cant find one of your winter vestsIf after supper one of the girlsSuddenly misses her Woolworth pearlsThen the family will say, “Its that horrible cat!“It was Mungoj
42、errie or Rumpelteazer!“And most of the time they leave it at thatMungojerrie and Rumpelteazer have a very unusual gift of the gabWe are highly efficient cat burglars as wellAnd remarkably smart at the smash and grabWe make our home in Victoria GroveWe have no regular occupationWe are plausible fello
43、ws who like to engageA friendly policeman in conversationWhen the family assembles for Sunday dinnerTheir minds made up that they wont get thinnerOn Argentine joint, Potatoes and greensThen the cook will appear from behind the scenesAnd say in a voice that is broken with sorrow“Im afraid you must wa
44、it and have dinner tomorrowFor the joint has gone from the oven like that!“Then the family will say, “Its that horrible cat!“It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer!“And most of the time they leave it at thatMungojerrie and Rumpelteazer have a wonderful wayOf working togetherAnd some of the time you would say it was luck
