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The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
If you offer me pheasant, I'd rather have grouse
If you put me in a house, I would much prefer a flat
If you put me in a flat, I would rather have a house
If you set me on a mouse, then I only want a rat
If you set me on a rat, then I'd rather chase a mouse

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for me to shout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!

The Rum Tum Tigger is a terrible bore
When you let me in, then I want to go out
I'm always on the wrong side of every door
And as soon as I'm at home, then I'd like to get about
I like to lie in the bureau drawer
But I make such a fuss if I can't get out

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for you to doubt it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast
My disobliging ways are a matter of habit
If you offer me fish, then I only want a feast
When there isn't any fish, then I won't eat rabbit
If you offer me cream, then I sniff and snear
For I only like what I find for myself
So you'll catch me in it right up to my ears
If you put it away on the larder shelf

The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle
But I'll leap upon your lap in the middle of your sewing
For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for me to spout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about… about… about it!

!

ACT 1
When Cats are Maddened
by the Midnight Dance

Overture

Prologue: Jellicle Songs
for Jellicle Cats

The Naming of Cats

Invitation to the Jellicle Ball

The Old Gumbie Cat

The Rum Tum Tugger

Grizabella: the Glamour Cat

Bustopher Jones:
the Cat About Town

Mungojerrie and
Rumpleteazer

Old Deuteronomy

The Awful Battle of the
Pekes and the Pollicles

The Jellicle Ball

Memory (1)

ACT 2
Why Will the Summer
Day Delay - When Will
Time Flow Away