Andrew Lloyd Webber, `Cats` 1983 Broadway Cast - Macavity : The Mystery Cat

Macavity's a mystery cat: He's called the Hidden Paw
For he's a master criminal who can defy the law
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair
And when you 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 a basement, you may look up in the air
But I tell you once, and once again, Macavity's not there

BOMBALURINA
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 in 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

DEMETER
He's outwardly respectable

BOMBALURINA
I know, he cheats at cards

DEMETER
And his footprints are not found in any files of Scotland Yard's

BOMBALURINA
And when the larder's looted

DEMETER
Or the jewel case is rifled

BOMBALURINA
Or when the milk is missing

DEMETER
Or another Peke's been stifled

BOMBALURINA
Or the greenhouse glass is broken

DEMETER
And the trellis past repair

DEMETER AND BOMBALURINA
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
What ever time the deed took place Macavity's not there

And they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely known

DEMETER
I might mention Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer

BOMBALURINA
Griddlebone

DEMETER AND BOMBALURINA
Are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time
Just controls the operations: the Napoleon of Crime

ALL
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

19 Macavity: The Mystery Cat (1998 Film Cast)

Track 19 - Macavity: The Mystery Cat From the 1998 film version Cats the Musical. All credits to Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Macavity: The Mystery Cat

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group North America Macavity: The Mystery Cat · Andrew Lloyd Webber · "Cats" 1983 Broadway Cast Cats ℗ ℗ 1983 The Really Useful Group Ltd. under...

CATS - 1981 London (Original Cast) - Macavity (1)

Footage of the Original London Cast of CATS Song: Macavity Demeter: Sharon Lee Hill Bombalurina: Geraldine Gardner.

Cats - Macavity

The Broadway cast of Cats performs Macavity on the Today Show. Interview with Marlene Danielle. 9/4/99.

Mr Mistoffelees - part one. HD, from Cats the Musical - the film

Performed by John Partridge as Rum Tum Tugger, with Jacob Brent as Mistoffelees. From the 'Cats' film. Buy tickets for your nearest CATS performance now: http://www.catsthemusical.com/see-the-show...