DEMETER:
Macavitys a Mystery Cat:
Hes called the Hidden Paw
For hes the master criminal who can defy the law
Hes the bafflement of Scotland Yard,
The Flying Squads despair
For when they reach the scene of crime Macavitys not there!
BOTH:
Macavity, Macavity,
Theres no one like Macavity
Hes broken every human law
He breaks the law of gravity
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare
And when you reach the scene of crime Macavitys not there!
You may seek him in the basement
You may look up in the air
But I tell you once and once again,
Macavitys not there!
BOMBALURINA:
Macavitys a ginger cat, hes very tall and thin;
You would 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 hes half asleep, hes always wide awake!
BOTH:
Macavity, Macavity
Theres no one like Macavity
For hes a fiend in feline shape,
A monster of depravity
You may meet him in a by-street
You may see him in the square
But when a crimes discovered there Macavitys not there!
DEMETER:
Hes outwardly respectable
BOMBALURINA:
I know he cheats at cards
DEMETER:
And his footprints are not found in any file
Of Scotland Yard?s.
BOTH:
And when the larders looted
Or the jewel case is rifled,
Or when the milk is missing
Or another Pekes been stifled
Or the greenhouse glass is broken
And the trellis past repair
Theres the wonder of the thing,
Macavitys not there!
BOTH:
Macavity, Macavity,
Theres no one like Macavity
There never was a cat of such decitefulness and suavity
He always has an alibi
And one or two to spare
Whatever time the deed took place
Macavity wasnt there!
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 the operations:
The Napoleon of crime!
Macavity, Macavity,
Theres no one like Macavity
Hes a fiend in feline shape,
A monster of depravity
You may meet him in a by street
You may see him in the square:
When a crimes discovered, then
Macavitys not there!
