Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat (Original London Cast Recording / 1981) - Andrew Lloyd Webber (安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯)/"Cats" 1981 Original London Cast/Ken Wells/John Chester/Femi Taylor/Seeta Indrani/Bonnie Langford/Finola Hughes/Sarah Brightman (莎拉·布莱曼)/Michiel Verkoren/David Baxter

Lyrics by：T S Eliot/Andrew Lloyd Webber

Composed by：Andrew Lloyd Webber

Skimbleshanks the railway cat

铁路猫Skimbleshanks

The cat of the railway train

是火车上的专属猫

There's a whisper down the line

晚上11: 39火车上

At eleven thirty-nine

传来窃窃私语

When the night mail's ready to depart

夜邮火车即将发车

Saying Skimble where is Skimble

有人问Skimble在哪

Has he gone to hunt the thimble

它去捕食了吗

We must find him or the train can't start

找不到它列车就不能启动

All the guards and all the porters

所有守卫 服务员

And the stationmaster's daughters

以及车站站长的女儿

Would be searching high and low

都在四处寻找

Saying Skimble where is Skimble

都在询问Skimble的下落

For unless he's very nimble

除非有敏捷机智的它

Then the night mail just won't go

否则夜邮火车没法发车

At eleven forty-two

深夜11：42时

With the signal overdue

已错过发车时间

And the passengers all frantic to a man

乘客们都冲着某个男人发火

That's when I would appear

该我出场了

And I'd saunter to the rear

我慢悠悠走到后面去

I'd been busy in the luggage van

我之前一直在行李厢忙活

Then he gave one flash

他投来

Of his glass-green eyes

嫉妒的眼光

And the signal went all clear

现在一切就绪

They'd be off at last

他们总算是发车了

To the northern part

往北而去

Of the northern hemisphere

往北半球的方向行驶

Skimbleshanks the railway cat

铁路猫Skimbleshanks

The cat of the railway train

是火车上的专属猫

You could say that by and large

总的来说 你应该承认

It was me who was in charge

是我在管理

Of the sleeping car express

所有的卧铺车厢

From the driver and the guards

从司机 守卫

To the bagmen playing cards

到玩牌的推销员

I would supervise them all more or less

都在我的监管范围内

Down the corridor he paces

沿着走廊

And examines all the faces

检查一切人员

Of the travellers in the first and the third

包括头等车厢和三等车厢的乘客

He established his control

它定时巡逻

By a regular patrol

来维护秩序

And he'd know at once if anything occurred

一出现情况 它立马就知道

He would watch without winking

它会洞悉一切

And he knows what you were thinking

看穿你在想什么

And it's certain that he didn't approve

显然它还没找到机会证明自己

Of hilarity and riot

嬉笑与喧闹之后

So the folk were very quiet

乘客们都安静下来

When Skimble was about and on the move

当Skimble在附近巡逻时

You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks

你可别想搞恶作剧

He's a cat that cannot be ignored

这只猫可容不得你胡来

So nothing went wrong

因此这辆去往北方的邮车

On the northern mail

才会一路安全抵达

When Skimbleshanks was aboard

只要Skimbleshanks 在车上

It was very pleasant

乘客们都很高兴

When they'd found their little den

找到自己的小车厢落座

With their name written up on the door

门上写着他们的名字

And the berth was very neat

铺位干净整洁

With a newly folded sheet

床单也是新铺的

And not a speck of dust on the floor

地板一尘不染

There was every sort of light

车厢里有各式的灯

You could make it dark or bright

可调明暗程度

And a button you could turn to make a breeze

还有按钮式电风扇

And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in

以及一个小巧小盥洗池以供洗脸

And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze

要是打喷嚏了 你可以转动窗户把它关上

Then the guard looked in politely

守卫会礼貌地关注着你

And would ask you very brightly

大声询问你

Do you like your morning tea

您的早茶

Weak or strong

想喝淡的还是浓的

But I was just behind him

我就站在他身后

And was ready to remind him

提醒着他

For Skimble won't let anything go wrong

因为Skimble不会允许出任何差错

When they crept into their cozy berths and pulled up the counterpane

当乘客们钻进温暖的被窝

They all could reflect it was very nice

他们都会感到舒适满意

To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice

因为他们知道不会被老鼠骚扰

They can leave all that to the railway cat

这件事可以交给铁路猫

The cat of the railway train

火车上的专属猫

Skimbleshanks the railway cat

铁路猫Skimbleshanks

The cat of the railway train

火车上的专属猫

In the watches of the night

值夜班时

I was always fresh and bright

我精神抖擞

Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea

偶尔来一杯茶

With perhaps a drop of scotch

要么来点苏格兰威士忌

While I was busy keeping up the watch

在我巡逻的时候会这样

Only stopping here and there to catch a flea

只在抓跳蚤时 我才会停下来

They were fast asleep at Crewe

到达Crewe站时 乘客们都睡着了

And so they never knew

全然不知

That I was walking up and down the station

我仍在四处巡逻

They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle

列车到达Carlisle站时 我仍在忙活 他们仍在呼呼大睡

Where I met the stationmaster with elation

我在那里有幸遇见了车站站长

They might see me at Dumfries

我在Dumfries站召集过警察

If I summoned the police

他们可能见过我

If there was anything they ought to know about

可以让他们知道

When they got to Gallowgate

当他们抵达Gallowgate站时

There they did not have to wait

不必惊慌失措

For Skimbleshanks will help them to get out

因为Skimbleshanks会帮助他们的

And he gives you a wave

它挥动着

Of his long brown tail

长长的棕色尾巴

Which says I'll see you again

向人们告别

You'll meet without fail

你一定会遇见它

On the midnight mail

在夜班邮车上

The cat of the railway train

它是火车的专属猫