Macavity

Refrain:

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 yogi stare,

And when you reach the scene of crime, Macavity's not there!

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!

You may seek in the basement or look up in the air,

But I tell you once and once again, Macavity's not there!

Refrain

Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin;

You’d know him if you saw him, for his eyes 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.

If the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair,

Ay, there's the wonder of the thing -- Macavity's not there!

And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say:

'It must have been Macavity' — but he's a mile away.

Refrain

You'll be sure to find him resting, or a - licking of his thumbs,

Or engaged in doing complicated long division sums.

And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known,

(I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone)

Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time

Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!

Refrain* (“And when you reach the scene of crime” 3 times)

Main menu