'Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat' Geoffrey Garratt | Cats The Musical
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Geoffrey Garratt is ready for the first train's arrival, as he prances around the stage as Skimbleshanks The Cat of The Railway.
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P 4:59 @@cactusman07pim
i love how the song before this is a sad song about two cats lamenting over their glory days, meanwhile, skimble comes in like "I LIVED ON A TRAIN"
And according to him he was the only reason that train even functioned 😂
I don’t think he even cared about being the Jellicle choice, just having fun 😂
Cuz trains are the cure for sadness lol
Scientists have found that if you develop depression after watching gus the theatre cat the cure is listening to skimbleshanks the railway cat
@@b.d6642 legitimately when I watched Cats when it was free on UA-cam last week I was surprised by how sad Gus the Theatre Cat actually made me, and then Skimble came in and I didn't care anymore.
Kind of similar to what happened when I watched Dr Who during lockdown.
Oh no Tennant's regenerating
:(
*Matt Smith's face appears*
:)))))))
I know the coat and watch are clever costuming to make him look like a stationmaster but I choose to believe that the humans put a tiny costume on him because he’s on the train so much
1yr late but i love this and now this is the only truth there is
_yes_
I also like to think that Bustopher Jones is wearing little cat clothes
It reminds me of a cat that would walk and stay inside of my school building quite often. Students and staff would call it "The Campus Cat" and I saw a picture of the cat wearing a mini school jersey. It was so cute!
Between this Skimbleshanks and the movie version, they have a complete outfit between them
the movie version is mario bros...
that made me chuckle
And complete nudity
Do not mention that movie business in my presence 😂😂😂
@@erickcalmet I agree with you
When you think about it, Skimbleshanks is the happiest cat of them all living the life he wanted. That's why this is one of my favorite songs, such joy expressed from it.
he literally made it seem like it would be a tragedy if he were to go
It's probably my favourite scene in the whole musical tbh- everyone just has such big smiles the whole time, and all the kittens are following him around and mimicking his dances, and it's honestly so adorable :D
I also get the sense that Deuteronomy only mentioned him to lighten things up after their run-in with Grisabella, like "Yeah, this is bumming everyone. Let's bring out the fun cat that gets everyone in a good mood again." It would explain the sudden tone shift from the two numbers.
@@CouchSpud91 I get a similar vibe from the Pekes and the Pollicles, like it was one of those performances they'd practice all year with the kittens to perform for Deut's entertainment. Gotta show him the little ones are honing their acting chops!
THIS
Whenever I feel bad I come here to watch Skimbleshanks and I feel a little bit better bc Skimbleshanks won't let anything go wrong
Yet he delayed the train
@@emperorcringe-son4023 And still nothing went wrong
More or less
Not even the click-track of his movie counterpart
Best comment about this number EVER. You know, I do this, too. Sometimes when I feel sick or sad I run to Skimbleshanks and the other cats...but always first to him...and that triumphant little leap picks me up again. He's been my friend through surgeries and recoveries, through loss and navigating the new world after loss and he never let anything go wrong during any of my travels. When I find my little compartment on the train each time, I always think of Skimbleshanks.
I just love the section where all the kittens just crowd around him as he describes what it's like on a train, and they're all so excited and watching him with these big eyes. And then he says "The guard looked in politely, and would ask you very brightly, do you like your morning tea--" and the kittens all joyfully interrupt like "Weak or strong!!!"
Skimbleshanks looks so caught off guard but the kittens have heard this story thousands of times and he always tells it the same yet they're all so excited to hear it again and again and...
I dunno that's just so real and wholesome.
Because it's kind of like grandpa telling his grandchildren all the stories of life in the old days lol. That's the vibe I get from that one lol
It's even more wholesome to look at the grown cats in the back. Munkustrap is practically leaping over Old Deut to take part in the response.
I admit, this is the only song where both versions slap.
True
Agree
A song so awesome even the film couldn’t screw it up.
They had no choice because of the terrifyingly strange time signature. It's in 13/8, which means 13 beat per measure which is basically never done so it's impossible to improv it. In order to have the cats tap-dancing to it, they had to keep to the rigid time signature or it literally could not be done.
@@roselover411 Similar problems didn't seem to trouble them in other songs.
The real reason was the actor for Skimble was a dancer and was like "oh no just give me a click track it's what I'm used to anyway."
This is the perfect example of what cats is really about. And it is about cats. I always like to see the subtext of what the actual cat talking about itself is. Skimble shanks does not run the train and where everybody knows skimble shanks the train cat, the train can totally take off without him. Cats have this air of self importance and so from the cat's perspective yes that is his train nothing goes on on that train that he doesn't know about and that he doesn't allow he prances up and down it all day and night being loved by the passengers thinking he owns it just like a cat would.
Yeeeees
Cuuuute. XD
I'd never thought of it that way !! You're totally right !
i just know his owner is the train conductor or one of the guards and they bring him on the train because the people riding love him. i love train cats
I like to think that Skimbleshanks is taken care of by the train's conductor or something so the train won't leave without him
Champagne casting was this film - Never had a better Skimbleshanks, Munkustrap or Rum Tum Tugger since
I quite loved Steven McRae as Skimbleshanks and Robbie Fairchild as Munkustrap in the 2019 film. I also enjoyed the 2019 film a lot. I am alone in this world. :(
@@paulw858 I enjoyed the new film and I did appreciate Robbie Fairchild but I just wish I'd of been older so I could have seen the original cast and the original show setting
Indeed!! I love this one!! I would love to see it on the big screen.
Steven McRae is a joy anywhere I see him. And a fantastic dancer
Michael Gruber and Johnny Partridge??? THE BEST
Don't mess with him or you'll get Skimble-shanked.
@@midishine7953 works on many levels
Macavity appears
Skimbleshank: [Pulls out a tiny switchblade]
That’s why the movie version was actually good. Skimbleshank wouldn’t be happy if his song was ruined
Has Skimbleshanks ever heard of Thomas The Shank Engine? (See what I did there?)
😂🤣
I absolutely adore the ego he expresses. He's a cat who feels not just in charge of one owner, but an entire train, including the driver and all the passengers. And rightfully so, since the train won't leave without him. Between the music, the lyrics, and how Geoffrey Garratt delivers the performance, you can absolutely tell that this cat feels like he's royalty from a faraway land when he visits the other cats to tell them about his travels.
Its even better becuase the train would 100% leave without him but he completely believes it wouldnt
@@maxphilpott9677Isn’t the conductor Skimbleshanks’ owner? That’s why every time he gets on the train leaves
I love that even though Tugger is just laying around watching all this go down, he still sings the chorus with the rest of the ensemble. And he watches everything with his head darting around like an actual cat watching birds fly around outside.
Oh yeah, no one’s too cool for Skimbleshanks.
Didn't notice that until you pointed it out!
Where is he during this number?
@@piratesswoop725 up on a set piece stage left
My favorite part is him doing the train horn motion around 2:20 😂
Headcanon: Skimbleshanks is the cool grandad to all of the kittens, a total kitten at heart and always making messes with them to annoy Jennyanydots
that's actually really cute!
You can see how the kittens are all eager to jump into the number and help him out with it, mimicking his moves the whole time. Even some of the older cats like Bombalurina and Munkustrap were quick to jump in on the train stunt and Deuteronomy is grinning ear to ear the whole time.
It's also a headcanon that Skimbleshanks doesn't visit often since he's at the railroad often and all the other cats are just really excited to see him, Old Deuteronomy included.
I headcannon him as the father of Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer but I like this too.
Actually I saw Jenny in the background
23 years later this version still SLAPS
Did you come from Sideways?
@@silmarien1383 Assume everyone who says this song slaps (both movie and this version) watches Sideways
@@ezelfrancisco1349 No lie detected here.
This song still Slaps!
24 and Skimble has become the conductor of every train ever.
i was about to disagree because Ii forgot who Sideways is, but in the split second between clicking reply and registering your comment i remembered. you're very correct
I wanna turn this song into an animated cartoon where we keep switching from a real-world perspective to Skimbleshanks' perspective. In RW, everything is running normally with people acting as they usually would in any situation, but then it switches to the cat's POV and everyone is hyperfocused on Skimble, singing his praises for all the work he's doing keeping everyone on task. We keep switching back and forth like throughout the song, during the line where "the passengers all frantic to a man" in RW is only one or two people curious about the delay, but to Skimbleshanks everyone is literally tearing the train apart trying to find him, or when "he wouldn't approve of hilarity and riot so the folks are very quiet" the cat thinks everyone would be having a destructive party without him on board, but in reality everyone is sleeping because it's 1 in the morning.
dude that would be amazing!
You should do it
Hey can i help you? I am an animator too, i think it could be a lot of fun :)
Please do it
I think your idea should be applied to every song in this musical
I still can't get over how much better the stage costumes look over the movie. This was my absolute favorite musical as a child, I would rent the VHS from the library to watch it!!
That movie sucked!! The cast and costumes here are so much better
Omg, I couldn't even finish it, it was so bad! They need a do over!
Not only that, but with the junkyard as their only backdrop, there is more to look at than in the movie where they had several different locations. Their faces are always expressing something, even when they are at the back of the crowd and barely visible. There are many small movements and interactions that make me feel like I don't have enough eyes to see all of it and need to watch it again.
@@annakaro9081 I think the idea they were shooting for in the movie was that the different locations are all imagined, not real -- you can see that best in the movie's version of Skimbleshanks, where Steve McRae goes straight from tapdancing on a big piece of wood that just turns into a train rail partway along. I don't know if there was a better way to visually show that, though, but if that was the intention then it's a cute idea for how to make use of the greater visual power you get in film.
@@InchonDM That's great, but I'm a bit confused on why you decided that I don't know that.
I wonder if he knows how many of us are still his fans after 23 years
HELLO MEEE i was 5 when i saw cats for the first time and i'm still here KSKSKSKS
The 6 dislikes are all from Macavity´s different accounts.
Macavity and his henchman lol.
@@CrazyAlienLady051 I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone
Miss Saigon: They landed a helicopter on stage
Cats: They made a TRAIN on stage
Phantom of the Opera: THEY DROPPED A CHANDELIER ON STAGE
@@thesuperherojuice8164 it was...a joke, bro
@@thesuperherojuice8164 bro they’re cats
@@rosenherzs what did they say? It got deleted
Everyone in 2019: they did surgery on a grape
Heck yeah train dad
Train dad 🤣
@@hollyamble9551 Skimbleshanks the Railway Dad
He prefers “locomotive paterfamilias”
I love the implication that he was just peeing all over everyone’s luggage when everyone was looking for him.
Or he was stealing things.
@@pearllamb7232 with that leg lift? I don’t think so
@@sadeknight9112 they made out like he wasn’t supposed to be doing that so I was wondering that too. Probably not peeing but spraying maybe.
Given the general feel of the song, it's much more likely that he was sleeping.
Skimble would never
I like how at 3:07 Skimble mimes catching a mouse and then gives it to Old Deut, who plays along. "Why thank you, young man. I'll save this for later."
And when he says the line "Only stopping now and then to catch a flea," Cassandra mimes picking a flea off of Alonzo and then eats it LMAO. They're all so cute.
Train food is expensive. Gotta pack a lunch
@@DrakonIL Oh I never noticed! Thanks for the catch!
THE WAY HE JUST RUNS SO PROUDLY TO HIM
@@DrakonILActually, the cat in front of Cassandra was *Tumblebrutus*
He is born to play Skimbleshanks. Perfect cast!
This wasn’t his real voice though.
@@downtown82 I know. Still, he has the perfect acting skills and face expressions for the character!
@@downtown82 if it is not his real voice, who was the voice of Skimble?
@@TrainsAndTheatricals i think they meant the accent?
I love how they portray Skimbleshanks as the grandpa who's getting older but his energy masks his lack of flips because his dramatic flare upkeeps his performance so well!
Can we all appreciate how happy Old Deutheronomy is at 4:42-4:50? His legs may be tottery and he must walk slow but he still has the time of his life running and playing around with the younger kittens.
The little kick and the guided steppy steps!
And Munkustrap runs right up to help him!
My sister: Have you been listening to Cats lately?
Me: No
Also Me: SKIMBLESHANKS THE RAILWAY CAT-
I did this to my mom, and she gave me the weirdest looks. So worth it 😁
THE CAT OF THE RAILWAY TRAIN
This song seems to bring out the kitten in everybody. Even Old Deuteronomy looks so eager to join in on the dancing.
Old Deut in this version is phenomenal, but in this song particularly it's so wholesome to see him do a little kick and get guided along with a grin on his face and his little steppy steps.
I bet all the passengers love skimble :) silly little kitty sometimes stops for scratches but mostly he likes to watch the conductors and engineers and everybody work.
I bet all the children that go on the train pet him and love him so
Maybe it's just me, but the look on Victoria's face when Rumpelteezer sneezes, is adorable.
2:40 you’re so right
The sneeze was apparently a welltimed accident during a take of this number, everyone loved it so much that they included it in the final version.
I agree! Victoria’s expression seems to say “Oh, bless you.” Rumpelteezer’s reaction to her sneeze says “Whoops, meant to do that!”
lmao she looks just like a real cat does when someone sneezes
I think it’s the makeup
The makeup makes them all look cute in a way
It gives me such PURE JOY when they sing "SKIMBLE WHERE IS SKIMBLE?!"
I just love the way Tumblebrutus is just sitting athe front of the train holding the light. He looks like he is having so much fun
Did you see Cassandra pick a flea off of him? I've seen this so many times, and I can always find new stuff going on in the background hahaha!
@I'm a walrus That's the best part - watching it again to see something else you missed🙂
He’s here for a good time. I respect that
Still love that Tugger is just chilling. He's hidden a tad but he's up at the top right.
I never noticed him. But, I love how other main cats are in other main cats segments.
Can we just appreciate Munk helping his father join the fun at 4:45?
I love that the older cats love watching him tell the story to the younger cats. When they all participated and went 'woo woo!' the older cats chuckled at how endearing it is.
The lyrics of this song (and the poem it's based on) are so cute and capture the personality of a stern but affectionate little busybody cat so well. Like, he he seems so fond when he talks about the people in the sleeper car and how he's keeping them out of mischief and safe from mice.
Sideways is so right- this song absolutely does slap.
this song fills me with such a child like joy it makes me so happy
Join the club my friend because this song always gets me in the same energy it’s so contagious
Munkustrap is my favorite character, he's so protective, so happy to see others having fun, so willing to do stuff and join in on their little stunts and dances. He's just a joy
i love all the kittens trying to copy skimble's moves the whole time
i am so glad that i am not the only one who sees this as the embodiment of pure joy. he is literally perfect, flawless, the ideal etc etc. i cry when i think about him.
Old Deuteronomy taking that invisible mouse from Skimbleshanks is just like when your three year cousin gives you playdough spaghetti and you pretend to eat it.
Me being a railway enthusiast:
Yeah I'm kind of a skimbleshanks myself 🚂
Asparagus: having and existential crisis and reflecting on how his glory days are over
Everyone else: hey let's go see skimble!
It's so interesting to see what the other cats do in the background. Half the time I'm surprised to find Tugger sneaking about back there or the caring expressions Munkustrap gives the cats as he sits beside Old Deuteronomy.
The little elbow patches 💕
Love how everybody is so happy and entertained here, ever such mysterious and dignified cat as Cassandra. Skimbleshanks is this funny, lovable uncle at every family meeting.
it literally gets me everytime how excited old deut is to be involved in the younger cats' lives and stories. he's just so happy to be there. what a king. i love hhim.
"Memory" might be the best song on the musical. But this is my favourite, no question
this is my fourth favorite, it's such as jam
Going through the book this was honestly the poem I found most fun to read, because it's where the observational humor has probably aged best: juxtaposing a cat who's fussy and impossible to please, technology that's always fussy and impossible to please, and travel - when people are generally at our most fussy and impossible to please
2:40 Victoria’s shocked face after Rumpleteazer sneezes is so funny! 😂
lol
Imagine if she did not mean to sneeze and that was a real sneeze😂
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Shimbleshanks doesn't know the hell he is supposed to be doing, he's just having fun.
I love that Rum Tum Tugger is kind of hidding in the decor, like he's watching and singing, but doesn't join the dance, he looks like a kid spying on the party it's so cute!!
I love this song
munkustrap this is an official intervention, you need to stop looking like you're hopelessly in love with everyone. we're all concerned for you
This is the best song of the entire show but I can never fully appreciate it within its context bc it immediately follows the most depressing song of all time
Ahh I love his physicality so much! He is so incredibly different than all of the other cats in every aspect of him, from his dialect to the way he moves to the way he expresses himself to his story. My favorite cat, and Geoffrey Garratt is the only true Skimbleshanks in my mind!
The best part is he never breaks character throughout the musical
He always moves a bit more mechanical then anyone else
makes me think that he isnt actually related to the other cats but just goes with the train and everyone he meets just loves him and adopts him as one of their own
This is my 2 year old's favourite song from Cats he tries to dance in time and loves the whoo whoos 😂
@@purestrangeness1839 I love Rum Tum Tugger the best - it's all so varied 😁
Impressive for a 2 year old,it's in 13/8!
@@Seal0626 he tries, it's more of a constant wiggles, foot stomp, arm flail but he's getting better at putting them in the right order 😂
THAT'S SO CUTE!
I can't blame your two year old, the whoo whoos are so adorable!
i love that cassandra, coricopad and tantomile are joining in the fun here
I was happy to see the elusive Exotica singing next to Jellylorum. Also, Skimbleshanks has one of the cutest cat faces of all the cast. 😻😸
I’ve been trying to figure out her name for so long I wonder why you only see her for such a short time in certain shots
@@minno.4509 she was a special cast member
gotta love old t trying to keep up the pace and even getting so excited that he started to dance with skimble
I love the little kick he did before Skimble's twirl
That bit of choreo at 4:36 has been haunting me since I saw the recording
This song never fails to give me chills. The instrumental reminds me so much of a real-life speeding steam train. I guess it's the bpm combined with the little "horn" noises every now and then. It paints pictures in my mind. ALW is a true genius.
I adore Rumpleteazer all the time, but I love her in this song particularly. She looks like she's having so much fun. I like to think Skimbleshanks is like her fun grandfather.
Favorite moments:
1:00 , 3:26
The enthusiastic side hop at 2:02 and smiling into the camera at 4:50 also makes me happy
I have cried to this video more times than I'd like to admit.
Lyrics:
Skimbleshanks the railway cat
The cat of the railway train
There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine
When the Night Rail's ready to depart
Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble?
Has he gone to hunt the thimble?
We must find him or the train can't start"
All the guards and all the porters
And the station master's daughters
Would be searchin' high and low
Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble?
For unless he's very nimble
Then the Night Rail just can't go"
At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue
And the passengers all frantic to a man
That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear
I'd been busy in the luggage van
Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes
And the signal went 'All clear'
They'd be off at last for the northern part
of the Northern Hemisphere
Skimbleshanks, the railway cat
The cat of the railway train
You might say that by and large
It was me who was in charge
Of the Sleeping Car Express
From the driver and the guards
To the bagmen playing cards
I‘d supervise them all, more or less
Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces
Of the travelers in the first and the third
He establishes control by a regular patrol
And he'd know at once if anything occurred
He would watch you without winking
And he saw what you were thinking
And it's certain that he didn't approve
Of hilarity and riot so that folk were very quiet
When Skimble was about and on the move
You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks
He's a cat that cannot be ignored
So nothing went wrong on the Northern Rail
When Skimbleshanks was aboard
It was very pleasant when they'd found their little den
With their name written up on the door
And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet
And not a speck of dust upon the floor
There was every sort of light, you could make it dark or bright
And a button you could turn to make a breeze
And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in
And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze
Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly
"Do you like your morning tea weak or strong?"
But I was right behind him and was ready to remind him
For Skimble won't let anything go wrong
When they crept into their cosy berth
And pulled up the counterpane
They all could reflect, that it was very nice
To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice
They can leave all that to the railway cat
The cat of the railway train
Skimbleshanks, the railway cat
The cat of the railway train
Skimbleshanks, the railway cat
The cat of the railway train
In the watches of the night, I was always fresh and bright
Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea
With perhaps a drop of Scotch while I was keepin' on the watch
Only stopping here and there to catch a flea
They were fast asleep at Crewe and so they never knew
That I was walkin' up and down the station
They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle
Where I met the station master with elation
They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned the police
If there was anything they ought to know about
When they got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait
For Skimbleshanks would help them to get out
And he gives you a wave of his long, brown tail
Which says "I'll see you again"
You will meet without fail on the Midnight Rail
The cat of the railway train
The cat of the railway train
THANK YOU
Thank you! You are hero.
ngl, i kind of miss the tapping. the only number in the movie that made me feel anything but horror
But you cant beat that accent
@@raptirboy180 truthhhhhhh
I think my teacher's worksheet put it the best, "Skimbleshanks
An older cat who lives at a trainstation, he is like an uncle to the other cats."
idk why but the dance at 1:07 is just so adorable
The best cat of the Jellicles. No doubt.
Rumple getting Electra in trouble is my fave
Can I have a time stamp?
@@yourteacher5240 1:38
Sorry!! Wrong Cat. I meant Electra.
@@yourteacher5240 1:38
@@itzelgc4637 thank you!
I feel like Skimbleshanks is the cat who makes sure you don't sleep in past 5am, and is always following you around the house (i.e. my cat)
Finally a full Skimbleshanks performance! Absolutely adore this song, always brings a smile to my face :)
I know a cat next to my local 7-eleven who reminded me of Skimbles
When everyone was obsessed with Memory, this was my favorite!
To be an ensemble in this cast must’ve required some next level talent. You need to hit your notes, do those dance moves in awkward tight fitting clothes, and handle large, complicated props, all while having to act fanciful and fun.
4:48 I love how happy Old Deuteronomy looks when he is having fun
I love this song, it reminds me of all the times I've travelled on the night train from London to Fort William
This was a regular watch for me and my family, before we all fell apart.
I feel so safe and happy. Skimbleshanks, Mangojerri+Rumpleteaser, and all the cats...I can trust them.
I'm glad it's here.
skimbleshanks: i never sleep
also skimbleshanks: starts the number sleeping
why do you think he was sleeping? he's always awake making sure nothing goes wrong at work
0:58 Jemima and Rumpleteaser are mimicking Train Dad
Props to the whole cast for dancing that well in 13/8
He hath come to bless the room
PLEASE I TAUGHT MY 4 YEAR OLD COUSIN TO SAY THAT EVERYTIME SHE ENTERS A ROOM BABSBSBAB
@@yourteacher5240 YOU TAUGHT HER WELL
At 3:37 at the far left of the screen, you can see a camera coming in
For anyone who has ever been in CATS, we know, this song is the HARDEST song in the show! The harmony, lyrics and dance are just… ooof! It’s a masterpiece, but so difficult
Skimble reminds me of my late grandpa. :)
I named my childhood cat Skimbleshanks because I liked trains growing up. She was my best friend.
IT STILL RINGS IN MY EAR! I LOVE THIS.
It's such a catchy song! I like to think of this song when I'm bored or sad, and I immediately feel better :)
I remember watching Cats when I was 7 years old and being so excited
I used to love this musical as a kid, I would always ask to watch it because of the adrenaline rush every time of the jump scares happened. But this has to be my favorite song by far.
I love when Old Deuteronomy takes the imaginary mouse from Skimbleshanks' hand and tucks in his arms like "There there, little friend"
OMG, this song is so cheerish and lovely... Trully lifts a depressing day. Works every single time!! ^^
Ditto!!
Is it bad that I would die for him?
Honey, we’d all die for him
@@sawyer6264 Yes we would!
My favorite is how even the reserved Cassandra isn't above jumping in and having fun with everyone else.
skimbleshanks puts a big smile on my face every time i listen to this song, he's just so happy..
I like how the drums sound like a train
This is my favourite song from the show, it’s just so upbeat and all the performers look like they’re having a lot of fun ❤
Believe it or not, I had this song playing on my Spotify, and I found myself singing along while doing my security rounds. I find this song to have a very strong positive vibe. I am always looking for new ways to make my job more enjoyable.
If he was in charge of a railway system, I guess that he'd be referred to as 'Sir Topham Cat' and 'The Cat Controller'.
I'll let myself out.
This number is definitely one of my favourites for the sheer, unbridled JOY it exudes, from start to finish, and progressing even more! The key change device close to the end definitely helps! ^_^
GO SKIMBLESHANKS!!!
Oh yeah, that is definitely a orange cat energy