Growltiger was a bravo cat who travelled on a barge In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims Rejoicing in his title of GROWLTIGER:The "Terror of the Thames"! Ha ha ha ha! His manners and appearance did not calculate to please His coat was torn and seedy, it was baggy at the knees One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye The cottagers of Rotherhithe knew something of his fame At Hammersmith and Putney, people shuddered at his name They would fortify the hen house, lock up the silly goose When the rumor ran along the shore: GROWLTIGER:Growltiger's on the loose! Ha ha ha ha! Woe to the weak canary that fluttered from its cage Woe to the pampered Pekinese, that faced Growltiger's rage Woe the bristly bandicoot that lurks on foreign ships And woe to any cat with whom Growltiger came to grips 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 GRIDDLEBONE:Mira! GROWLTIGER::Mio amore! GRIDDLEBONE:Sono qui! In the forepeak of the vessel, Growltiger stood alone GROWLTIGER:Concentrating my attention on the lady Griddlebone And my raffish crew were sleeping in their barrels and their bunks SIAMESE:As the Siamese came creeping in their sampans and their junks. GRIDDLEBONE:Growltiger had no eye or ear for aught but Griddlebone GROWLTIGER:And the lady seemed enraptured by his manly baritone GROWLTIGER & GRIDDLEBONE:Disposed to relaxation and awaiting no surprise SIAMESE: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 And the lovers sang their last duet in danger of their lives
GROWLTIGER:In una tepida notte d'estate, allorche la natura In a summer tepid night, when nature Era nel pieno fulgore, e la resca rugiada Was in his full brightness, and the fresh dew Splendeva al chiar di luna sopra la verzura Was shining to the moonlight, over the plants Si poteva vedere il galeone ancorato The galleon could be seen while it was at anchor Oscillare in silenzio nel vento profumato And it swang silent in the fragrant wind Dalla marea del naviglio serenamente cullato In that tepid night, was there something wrong In quella tepida notte che c'e dunque di male On that warm night that there is evil Se in tnata poesia anche il pirata divento sentimentale? If in such a poetry even the pirate became sentimental? Oscillare in silenzio nel ve nto profumato It swang silent in the fragrant wind Dalla marea do naviglio serenamente cullato Serenely cradled by the canal tide In quella tepida notte In that tepid night In quella tepida notte In that tepid night In quella tepida notte In that tepid night Siamese:Then Genghis gave the signal to his fierce Mongolian hordes Abandoning their sampans, the chinks they swarmed aboard Abandoning their sampans, their pullaways, and junks They battened down the hatches on the crew within their bunks Then Griddlebone she gave a screech for she was badly skeered I'm sorry to admit it, but she quickly disappeared GROWLTIGER:She probably escaped with ease I'm sure she was not drowned But a serried ring of flashing steel Growltiger did surround Battle on the deck The ruthless foe pressed forward in stubborn rank on rank Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk 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
[00:32.29]Growltiger was a bravo cat who travelled on a barge [00:37.12]In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large [00:41.89]From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims [00:46.86]Rejoicing in his title of [00:49.46]GROWLTIGER:The "Terror of the Thames"! Ha ha ha ha! [00:55.73]His manners and appearance did not calculate to please [01:00.51]His coat was torn and seedy, it was baggy at the knees [01:05.52]One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why [01:10.29]And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye [01:15.96]The cottagers of Rotherhithe knew something of his fame [01:20.60]At Hammersmith and Putney, people shuddered at his name [01:25.60]They would fortify the hen house, lock up the silly goose [01:31.90]When the rumor ran along the shore: [01:33.63]GROWLTIGER:Growltiger's on the loose! Ha ha ha ha! [01:44.90]Woe to the weak canary that fluttered from its cage [01:49.78]Woe to the pampered Pekinese, that faced Growltiger's rage [01:54.75]Woe the bristly bandicoot that lurks on foreign ships [01:59.42]And woe to any cat with whom Growltiger came to grips [02:04.79]But most to cats of foreign race his hatred had been vowed [02:09.80]To cats of foreign name and race, no quarter was allowed [02:15.10]The Persian and the Siamese regarded him with fear [02:20.36]Because it was a Siamese had mauled his missing ear [02:34.92]Now on a peaceful summer night all nature seemed at play [02:41.24]The tender moon was shining bright, the barge at Molesey lay [02:47.52]All in the balmy moonlight it lay rocking on the tide [02:53.51]And Growltiger was disposed to show his sentimental side [03:01.61]GRIDDLEBONE:Mira! [03:04.49]GROWLTIGER::Mio amore! [03:08.80]GRIDDLEBONE:Sono qui! [03:39.78]In the forepeak of the vessel, Growltiger stood alone [03:46.17]GROWLTIGER:Concentrating my attention on the lady Griddlebone [03:53.50]And my raffish crew were sleeping in their barrels and their bunks [03:59.81]SIAMESE:As the Siamese came creeping in their sampans and their junks. [04:07.38]GRIDDLEBONE:Growltiger had no eye or ear for aught but Griddlebone [04:13.83]GROWLTIGER:And the lady seemed enraptured by his manly baritone [04:21.16]GROWLTIGER & GRIDDLEBONE:Disposed to relaxation and awaiting no surprise [04:27.48]SIAMESE:But the moonlight shone reflected from a thousand bright blue eyes [04:34.67]And closer still and closer the sampans circled 'round [04:41.63]And yet from all the enemy there was not heard a sound [04:48.45]The foe was armed with toasting forks and cruel carving knives [04:55.60]And the lovers sang their last duet in danger of their lives [05:04.70] [05:11.47]GROWLTIGER:In una tepida notte d'estate, allorche la natura In a summer tepid night, when nature [05:21.94]Era nel pieno fulgore, e la resca rugiada Was in his full brightness, and the fresh dew [05:29.49]Splendeva al chiar di luna sopra la verzura Was shining to the moonlight, over the plants [05:36.46]Si poteva vedere il galeone ancorato The galleon could be seen while it was at anchor [05:55.20]Oscillare in silenzio nel vento profumato And it swang silent in the fragrant wind [06:03.43]Dalla marea del naviglio serenamente cullato In that tepid night, was there something wrong [06:10.99]In quella tepida notte che c'e dunque di male On that warm night that there is evil [06:18.11]Se in tnata poesia anche il pirata divento sentimentale? If in such a poetry even the pirate became sentimental? [06:44.21]Oscillare in silenzio nel ve nto profumato It swang silent in the fragrant wind [06:52.90]Dalla marea do naviglio serenamente cullato Serenely cradled by the canal tide [06:59.45]In quella tepida notte In that tepid night [07:09.58]In quella tepida notte In that tepid night [07:19.00]In quella tepida notte In that tepid night [07:33.80]Siamese:Then Genghis gave the signal to his fierce Mongolian hordes [07:41.15]Abandoning their sampans, the chinks they swarmed aboard [07:47.10]Abandoning their sampans, their pullaways, and junks [07:53.14]They battened down the hatches on the crew within their bunks [08:00.13]Then Griddlebone she gave a screech for she was badly skeered [08:06.75]I'm sorry to admit it, but she quickly disappeared [08:12.93]GROWLTIGER:She probably escaped with ease I'm sure she was not drowned [08:19.51]But a serried ring of flashing steel Growltiger did surround [08:28.52]Battle on the deck [09:21.87]The ruthless foe pressed forward in stubborn rank on rank [09:32.87]Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk the plank [09:43.55]He who a hundred victims had driven to that drop [09:54.70]At the end of all his crimes was forced to go ker-flip, ker-flop! [10:04.90]Oh there was joy in Wapping when the news flew through the land [10:11.22]At Maidenhead and Henley there was dancing on the Strand [10:17.65]Rats were roasted whole in Brentford and Victoria Dock [10:23.92]And a day of celebration was commanded in Bangkok! [11:00.46]GUS:These modern productions are all very well [11:07.98]But there's nothing to equal from what I hear tell [11:16.00]That moment of mystery when I made history
