| The entire tribe rejoins as their benevolent and wise
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| leader Old Deuteronomy arrives. |
| The cats adore and respect him.
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| SOLO:
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| I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
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| ALL:
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| Well of all things can it be really
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| No. Yes. |
| Ho. |
| Hi. |
| Oh my eye!
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| My mind may be wandering but I confess
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| I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
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| SOLO:
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| 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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| 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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| When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall
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| The oldest inhabitant croaks:
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| Well of all things can it be really
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| No. Yes. |
| Ho. |
| Hi. |
| Oh my eye!
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| My mind may be wandering but I confess
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| I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
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| ALL:
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| Well of all things can it be really
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| No. Yes. |
| Ho. |
| Hi. |
| Oh my eye!
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| My mind may be wandering but I confess
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| I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
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| Well of all things can it be really
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| No. Yes. |
| Ho. |
| Hi. |
| Oh my eye!
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| My mind may be wandering but I confess
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| I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
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| Well of all things can it be really
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| No. Yes. |
| Ho. |
| Hi. |
| Oh my eye!
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| OLD DUTERONOMY:
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| My legs may be tottery, I must go slow
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| And be careful of Old Deuteronomy
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| Munkustrap has assembled some entertainment for Deuteronomy.
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| The cats put on a show called «The Awful Battle of the Pekes and
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| the Pollicles together with The Marching Song of the Pollicle Dogs.»
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| In the show, which Munkustrap narrates, the cats dress up as two
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| rival dog factions: the Pekes and the Pollicles. |
| The two groups
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| bark ceaselessly at each other, until they are frightened away by the great Rumpus Cat, a sleek, powerful feline. |