MACAVITY

●Macavity's a mystery cat He's called the Hidden Paw ●For he's the 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 they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there! ●Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin ●You would know him if you saw him for his eye's are sunken in ●His brow is deeply lined with 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 ●For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity ●You may meet him in a byestreet, you may see him in the square ●But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there! ●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 ●And the jewel case is 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! ●Macavity, Macavity There's no one like Macavity ●There never was a cat of such deceitfulness and suavity ●He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare ●What ever time the deed took place Macavity wasn't there! ●And they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely known ●I might mention Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer, Griddlebone ●Are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time ●Just controls the operations ◆The Napoleon of crime ◆●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 byestreet 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