[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