Andrew Lloyd Webber - Mungojerrie and rumpleteazer

^Dm6Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer ^Dm6We're a notorious couple of cats As ^C6knockabout clowns, quick-change comedians ^G7Tight-rope walkers and acrobats We ^Dm6have an extensive reputation We ^Dm6make our home in Victoria Grove That is ^C6merely our centre of operation For ^A7we are incurably given to ^Dm6rove

In ^Dm6Launceston Place and in Kensington Square We have ^C6really a little more reputation Than a ^A7couple of cats can very well bear

If the ^Dm6area window is found ajar And the ^Dm6basement looks like a field of war If a ^C6tile or two comes loose on the roof, Which ^G7presently fails to be waterproof If the ^Dm6drawers are pulled out from the bedroom chest And you ^Dm6can't find one of your winter vests Or ^C6after supper one of the girls ^G7Suddenly misses her Woolworth pearls The ^Ffamily will say, "It's that horrible cat! Was it Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer?" And ^A7most of the time they leave it at that

^Dm6Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer have a ^Dm6very unusual gift of the gab We are ^C6highly efficient cat burglars as well And re^G7markably smart at a smash and grab We ^Dm6make our home in Victoria Grove We ^Dm6have no regular occupation We are ^C6plausible fellows, and like to engage A ^A7friendly policeman in conversation

When the ^Dm6family assembles for Sunday dinner With their ^Dm6minds made up that they won't get thinner On ^C6Argentine joint, potatoes and greens And the ^G7cook would appear from behind the scenes And ^Dm6say in a voice that is broken with sorrow, "^Dm6I'm afraid you must wait and have dinner tomorrow! For the ^C6joint has gone from the oven like that!" The ^Ffamily will say, "It's that horrible cat! Was it Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer?" And ^A7most of the time they leave it at that

^D#mMungojerrie and Rumpelteazer have a ^D#mwonderful way of working together And ^C#some of the time you would say it was luck And ^G#7some of the time you would say it was weather We ^D#m6go through the house like a hurricane And no ^D#m6sober person could take his oath Was it ^C#Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer? Or ^A#7could you have sworn that it mightn't be both?

And ^D#m6when you hear a dining room smash Or ^D#m6up from the pantry there comes a loud crash Or ^C#down from the library there comes a loud ping From a ^G#vase that was commonly said to be Ming Then the ^F#family will say: "Now which is which cat? It was Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer!" And there's ^A#7nothing at all to be done about that!