Old Deuteronomy

Here he is, the grand old Jellicle himself. There is absolutely no other cat who is more respected than this cat. He is the father figure for all of us, even Munkustrap. He's lived longer than any of us can remember, so who knows how many Jellicles he's taken up to the Heaviside Layer in his time as the tribe's leader? Something tells me that Old Deuteronomy has been blessed with more than the standard nine lives by the Everlasting Cat.

I belive it is Old Deuteronomy

Well of all things can it be really
No, yes, ho, hi, oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering but I confess
I belive it is Old Deuteronomy

Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time
He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession
He was famous in Proverb and famous in rhyme
A long while before Queen Victoria's accession
Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives
And more I am tempted to say ninty - nine
And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives
And the villiage is pround of him in his decline
At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy
When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall
The oldest inhabitant croaks

Well of all things can it be really
No, yes, ho, hi, oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering but I confess
I belive it is Old Deuteronomy

Well of all things can it be really
No, yes, ho, hi, oh my eye!

My legs may be tottery I must go slow
And be careful of Old Deuteronomy