Old Deuteronomy
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instrumental = verse1 + G
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1. Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time,
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he's
a cat who has lived many lives in succession.
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He was famous in proverb and
famous in rhyme,
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a
long while before Queen Victoria's accession.
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2. Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives,
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and
more, I am tempted to say, ninety-nine.
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And his numerous progeny
prospers and thrives,
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and
the village is proud of him in his decline.
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At the sight of that placid
and bland physiognomy,
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F
as he
sits in the sun on the vicarage wall,
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the
Oldest Inhabitant croaks: 'Well of
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all
things
Can it be, really!
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Yes !
No ! Ho ! Hi
! Oh, my eye !
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D
My mind may be wandering, but
I confess,
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I believe it is Old
Deuteronomy!'
+ instrumental = verse
1
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3. Old Deuteronomy sits in the street,
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he
sits in the High Street on market day.
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The bullocks may bellow, the
sheep, they may bleat,
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but
the dogs and the herdsmen will turn them away.
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4. The cars and the lorries run over the kerb,
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and
the villagers put up a notice 'Road Closed',
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so
that nothing untoward may chance to disturb,
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Deuteronomy's rest when he
feels so disposed.
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The digestive repose of that
feline's gastronomy
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F
must
never be broken, whatever befall :
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And the Oldest Inhabitant
croaks: 'Well, of
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all
things
Can it be, really!
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Yes! No! Ho! Hi!
Oh, my eye!
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D
My mind may be wandering, but
I confess,
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G
I believe it is Old
Deuteronomy!
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Well, of all things
Can it
be, really!
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Yes! No! Ho! Hi!
Oh, my eye!
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My legs may be tottery, I must
go slow
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G
and
be careful of Old Deuteronomy !
(Andrew Lloyd Webber)