The Old Gumbie Cat (Original Broadway Cast Recording / 1983) - Andrew Lloyd Webber (安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯)/"Cats" 1983 Broadway Cast/Anna Mcneely/Rene Ceballos/Donna King/Bonnie Simmons
I have a gumbie cat in mind
我想着自己有一只甘比猫
Her name is Jennyanydots
她的名字叫珍妮点点
Her coat is of the tabby kind
她穿着斑纹大衣
With tiger stripes and leopard spots
上面点缀着虎皮条纹和豹斑
All day she sits beneath the stairs
她成天都坐在楼梯下
Or on the steps or on the mat
或是坐在台阶和垫子上
She sits and sits and sits and sits
她一直坐在那儿
And that's what makes a gumbie cat
坐着坐着就成了甘比猫
That's what makes a gumbie cat
坐着坐着就成了甘比猫
But
但是
When the day's hustle
当忙碌的一天
And bustle is done
匆匆过去
Then the gumbie cat's work
甘比猫的工作
Is but hardly begun
才差不多开始
And when all the family's
当所有的人家
In bed and asleep
都上床睡觉
She tucks up her skirts
她卷起裙摆
To the basement to creep
匍匐在地下室里
She is deeply concerned
她深切关注着
With the ways of the mice
老鼠行动的路线
Their behavior's not good
他们的行为不那么端庄
And their manners not nice
举止也不那么优雅
So when she has got them
所以当她抓住了老鼠
Lined up on the matting
就在垫子上把他们排成一排
She teaches them music
她教他们音乐
Crocheting and tatting
教她们编织
I have a gumbie cat in mind
我想着自己有一只甘比猫
Her name is Jennyanydots
她的名字叫珍妮点点
The curtain cord she likes to wind
她喜欢卷窗帘绳
And tie it into sailor knots
然后把它打个平结
She sits upon the windowsill
她坐在窗沿上
Or anything that's smooth and flat
或是光滑又平稳的任何地方
She sits and sits and sits and sits
她一直坐在那儿
And that's what makes a gumbie cat
坐着坐着就成了甘比猫
That's what makes a gumbie cat
坐着坐着就成了甘比猫
But
但是
When the day's hustle
当忙碌的一天
And bustle is done
匆匆过去
Then the gumbie cat's work
甘比猫的工作
Is but hardly begun
才差不多开始
She thinks that the
她觉得
Cockroaches need employment
蟑螂们需要找点事做
To prevent them from idle
免得成天闲逛
And wanton destroyment
或者到处搞破坏
So she's formed from
于是她从
That lot of disorderly louts
许许多多毫无规矩的笨蛋里
A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts
培养了一群中规中矩又能帮忙的童子军
With a purpose in life and a good deed to do
他们生活目标明确且乐于做好事
And she's even created a beetles tattoo
她甚至还做了一个甲虫纹身!
For she's a jolly good fellow
因为她是一个又好又快乐的家伙!
Thank you my dears
亲爱的,谢谢你