Old Deuteronomy - Andrew Lloyd Webber, "Cats" 1981 Original London Cast, Wayne Sleep

The entire tribe rejoins as their benevolent and wise

leader Old Deuteronomy arrives.

The cats adore and respect him.

SOLO:

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy

ALL:

Well of all things can it be really

No. Yes.

Ho.

Hi.

Oh my eye!

My mind may be wandering but I confess

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy

SOLO:

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

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

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

No. Yes.

Ho.

Hi.

Oh my eye!

My mind may be wandering but I confess

I believe it is Old Deuteronomy

ALL:

Well of all things can it be really

No. Yes.

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

No. Yes.

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

No. Yes.

Ho.

Hi.

Oh my eye!

OLD DUTERONOMY:

My legs may be tottery, I must go slow

And be careful of Old Deuteronomy

Munkustrap has assembled some entertainment for Deuteronomy.

The cats put on a show called «The Awful Battle of the Pekes and

the Pollicles together with The Marching Song of the Pollicle Dogs.»

In the show, which Munkustrap narrates, the cats dress up as two

rival dog factions: the Pekes and the Pollicles.

The two groups

bark ceaselessly at each other, until they are frightened away by the great Rumpus Cat, a sleek, powerful feline.