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Macavity!

Macavity's a mystery cat

He's called the Hidden Paw

For he's the master criminal

Who can defy the law

He's the bafflement Of Scotland Yard

The Flying Squad's despair

For when they reach The scene of crime

Macavity's not there!

Macavity, Macavity There's no one like Macavity

He's 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

Macavity's not there

You may seek him in the basement

You may look up in the air

But I tell you once and once again Macavity's not there!

Macavity's a ginger cat

He's 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 he's half asleep

He's always wide awake

Macavity, Macavity There's no one like Macavity

For he's 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 crime's discovered Then Macavity's not there

He's outwardly respectable

I know he cheats at cards

And his footprints are not found in

Any files of Scotland Yard's

And when the larder's looted

Or the jewel case is rifled

Or when the milk is missing

Or another Peke's been stifled

Or the greenhouse glass is broken

And the trellis past repair

There's the wonder of the thing Macavity's not there!

Macavity, Macavity There's no one like Macavity

There never was a cat

Of such deceitfulness and suavity

He always has an alibi

And one or two to spare

Whatever time the deed took place Macavity wasn't 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 There's no one like Macavity

He's 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 crime's discovered Then Macavity

Macavity

Macavity

Macavity

When a crime's discovered Then Macavity's not there

Macavity!

Macavity's not there.

We have to find

Old Deuteronomy

You ought to ask Magical Mr Mistoffelees

The original Conjuring Cat There can be no doubt about that

Please listen to me And don't scoff

All his inventions Are off his own bat

There's no such cat in the metropolis He holds all the patent monopolies

For performing surprising illusions

And creating eccentric confusions

The greatest magicians Have something to learn

From Mr Mistoffelees' Conjuring turn

And we all say

Oh! Well, I never Was there ever a cat so clever