Growltiger's Last Stand Lyrics

Crew:         GROWLTIGER WAS A BRAVO CAT WHO TRAVELED ON A BARGE
              IN FACT HE WAS THE ROUGHEST CAT WHO EVER ROAMED AT LARGE
              FROM GRAVESEND UP TO OXFORD HE PURSUED HIS EVIL AIMS
              REJOICING IN HIS TITLE OF THE TERROR OF THE THAMES
Grumbuskin:   HIS MANNERS AND APPEARANCE DID NOT CALCULATE TO PLEASE
              HIS COAT WAS TORN AND SEEDY, HE WAS BAGGY AT THE KNEES
              ONE EAR WAS SOMEWHAT MISSING, NO NEED TO TELL YOU WHY
              AND HE SCOWLED UPON A HOSTILE WORLD WITH ONE FORBIDDING EYE
Crew Members: WOE TO THE WEAK CANARY THAT FLUTTERED FROM ITS CAGE
              WOE TO THE PAMPERED PEKINGESE THAT FACED GROWLTIGER'S RAGE
              WOE TO THE BRISTLY BANDICOOT WHO LURKS ON FOREIGN SHIPS
              AND WOE TO ANY CAT WITH WHOM GROWLTIGER CAME TO GRIPS
Crew:         BUT MOST TO CATS OF FOREIGN RACE HIS HATRED HAD BEEN VOWED
              TO CATS OF FOREIGN NAME AND RACE NO QUARTER WAS ALLOWED
              THE PERSIAN AND THE SIAMESE REGARDED HIM WITH FEAR
              BECAUSE IT WAS A SIAMESE HAD MAULED HIS MISSING EAR
              NOW ON A PEACEFUL SUMMER NIGHT ALL NATURE SEEMED AT PLAY
              THE TENDER MOON WAS SHINING BRIGHT, THE BARGE AT MOLESEY LAY
              ALL IN THE BALMY MOONLIGHT IT LAY ROCKING ON THE TIDE
              AND GROWLTIGER WAS DISPOSED TO SHOW HIS SENTIMENTAL SIDE
Grumbuskin:   GROWLTIGER'S BUCKO MATE, GRUMBUSKIN LONG SINCE HAD DISAPPEARED
              FOR TO THE BELL AT HAMPTON, HE HAD GONE TO WHET HIS BEARD
Tumblebrutus: AND HIS BOSUN, TUMBLEBRUTUS, HE TOO HAD STOLEN AWAY
              IN THE YARD BEHIND THE LION, HE WAS PROWLING FOR HIS PREY
              IN THE FOREPEAK OF THE VESSEL, GROWLTIGER SAT ALONE
Griddlebone:  CONCENTRATING HIS ATTENTION ON THE LADY GRIDDLEBONE
Crew:         AND HIS RAFFISH CREW LAY SLEEPING IN THEIR BARRELS AND THEIR BUNKS
Siamese Cats: AS THE SIAMESE CAME CREEPING IN THEIR SAMPANS AND THEIR JUNKS
Growltiger:   GROWLTIGER HAD NO EYE OR EAR FOR AUGHT BUT GRIDDLEBONE
Griddlebone:  AND THE LADY SEEMED ENRAPTURED BY HIS MANLY BARITONE
The Couple:   DISPOSED TO RELAXATION AND AWAITING NO SURPRISE
Siamese Cats: BUT THE MOONLIGHT SHONE REFLECTED FROM A THOUSAND BRIGHT BLUE EYES
              AND CLOSER STILL AND CLOSER, THE SAMPANS CIRCLED 'ROUND
              AND YET FROM ALL THE ENEMY THERE WAS NOT HEARD A SOUND
              THE FOE WAS ARMED WITH TOASTING FORKS AND CRUEL CARVING KNIVES
The Couple:   AND THE LOVERS SANG THEIR LAST DUET IN DANGER OF THEIR LIVES
Growltiger:   OH HOW WELL I REMEMBER THE OLD BULL AND BUSH
              WHERE WE USED TO GO DOWN OF A SATURDAY NIGHT
              WHERE WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENED, IT COME WITH A RUSH
              FOR THE BOSS, MR. CLARK, HE WAS VERY POLITE
              A VERY NICE HOUSE FROM BASEMENT TO GARRET
              A VERY NICE -- AH BUT IT WAS THE PARROT
              THE PARROT, THE PARROT NAMED BILLY McCAW
              THAT BROUGHT ALL THOSE FOLKS TO THE BAR
              AH HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE BAR
              OF A SATURDAY NIGHT, WE WAS ALL FEELING BRIGHT
              AND LILY LaROSE, THE BARMAID THAT WAS
              SHE'D SAY, "BILLY! BILLY McCAW!
              COME GIVE US, COME GIVE US A DANCE ON THE BAR!"
              AND BILLY WOULD DANCE ON THE BAR
              AND BILLY WOULD DANCE ON THE BAR
              AND THEN WE'D FEEL BALMY, IN EACH EYE A TEAR
              AND EMOTION WOULD MAKE US ALL ORDER MORE BEER
              LILY, SHE WAS A GIRL WHAT HAD BRAINS IN HER HEAD
              SHE WOULDN'T HAVE NOTHING, NO NOT THAT MUCH SAID
              IF IT COME TO AN ARGUMENT OR A DISPUTE
              SHE'D SETTLE IT OFFHAND WITH THE TOE OF HER BOOT
              OR AS LIKELY AS NOT PUT A FIST THROUGH YOUR EYE
              WHEN WE WAS ALL HAPPY, AND JUST A BIT DRY
              OR WHEN WE WAS THIRTY, AND JUST A BIT SAD
              SHE WOULD RAP ON THE BAR WITH THAT CORKSCREW SHE HAD
              AND SAY
The Couple:   "BILLY! BILLY McCAW!
Growltiger:   COME GIVE US A TUNE ON YOUR PASTORAL FLUTE!"        
              AND BILLY'D STRIKE UP ON HIS PASTORAL FLUTE
The Couple:   AND BILLY'D STRIKE UP ON HIS PASTORAL FLUTE
Growltiger:   AND THEN WE'D FEEL BALMY, IN EACH EYE A TEAR
              AND EMOTION WOULD MAKE US ALL ORDER MORE BEER
The Couple:   "BILLY! BILLY McCAW!
              COME GIVE US A TUNE ON YOUR MOLEY GUITAR!"
              AND BILLY'D STRIKE UP ON HIS MOLEY GUITAR
              AND BILLY'D STRIKE UP ON HIS MOLEY GUITAR
              AND THEN WE'D FEEL BALMY, IN EACH EYE A TEAR
              AND EMOTION WOULD MAKE US ALL ORDER MORE BEER
All:          "BILLY! BILLY McCAW!
              COME GIVE US A TUNE ON YOUR MOLEY GUITAR!"
Growltiger:   AH HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE BAR
Gilbert:      THEN GILBERT GAVE THE SIGNAL TO HIS FIERCE MONGOLIAN HORDE
              WITH A FRIGHTFUL BURST OF FIREWORKS, THE CHINKS THEY SWARMED ABOARD
Griddlebone:  THEN GRIDDLEBONE SHE GAVE A SCREECH FOR SHE WAS BADLY SKEERED
              I'M SORRY TO ADMIT IT BUT SHE QUICKLY DISAPPEARED
Gilbert:      SHE PROBABLY ESCAPED WITH EASE, I'M SURE SHE WAS NOT DROWNED
Siamese Cats: BUT A SERRIED RING OF FLASHING STEEL GROWLTIGER DID SURROUND
              THE RUTHLESS FOE PRESSED FORWARD IN STUBBORN RANK ON RANK
              GROWLTIGER TO HIS VAST SURPRISE WAS FORCED TO WALK ON THE PLANK
              HE WHO A HUNDRED VICTIMS HAD DRIVEN TO THAT DROP
              AT THE END OF ALL HIS CRIMES WAS FORCED TO GO KER-FLIP, KER-FLOP
              OH THERE WAS JOY IN WAPPING WHEN THE NEWS FLEW THROUGH THE LAND
              AT MAIDENHEAD AND HENLEY THERE WAS DANCING ON THE STRAND
              RATS WERE ROASTED WHOLE IN BRENTFORD AND VICTORIA DOCK
              AND A DAY OF CELEBRATION WAS COMMANDED IN BANGKOK!
Gus:          THESE MODERN PRODUCTIONS ARE ALL VERY WELL
              BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO EQUAL FROM WHAT I HEAR TELL
              THAT MOMENT OF MYSTERY
              WHEN I MADE HISTORY ...