Macavity

Macavity's a mystery cat

He's called the Hidden Paw

For he's a master criminal

Who can defy the law

He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard

The Flying Squad's despair

For when you reach the scene of crime

Macavity's not there!

Macavity, Macavity

There's no one like Macavity

He's broken every human law

He breaks the law of gravity

His powers of levitation

Would make a fakir stare

And when you reach the scene of crime

Macavity's not there!

You may seek him in a basement

You may look up in the air

But I tell you once, and once again

Macavity is not there!

Macavity's a ginger cat

He's very tall and thin

You would know him if you saw him

For his eyes are sunken in

His brow is deeply lined in thought

His head is highly domed

His coat is dusty from neglect

His whiskers are uncombed

He sways his head from side to side

With movements like a snake

And when you think he's half asleep

He's always wide awake

Macavity, Macavity

There's no one like Macavity

For he's a fiend in feline shape

A monster of depravity

You may meet him in a by-street

You may see him in the square

But when a crime's discovered

Then Macavity's not there!

He's outwardly respectable

I know he cheats at cards

And his footprints are not found in any

Files of Scotland Yard's

And when the larder's looted

Or the jewel case is rifled

Or when the milk is missing

Or another Peke's been stifled

Or the greenhouse glass is broken

And the trellis past repair

There's the wonder of the thing

Macavity's not there!

Macavity, Macavity

There's no one like Macavity

There never was a cat

Of such deceitfulness and suavity

He always has an alibi

And one or two to spare

What ever time the deed took place

Macavity wasn't there!

And they say that all the cats

Whose wicked deeds are widely known

I might mention Mungojerrie

I might mention Griddlebone

Are nothing more than agents

For he's a cat who all the time

Just controls the operations

The Napoleon of crime

Macavity, Macavity

There's no one like Macavity

He's a fiend in feline shape

A monster of depravity

You may meet him in a by-street

You may see him in the square

But when a crime's discovered

Then Macavity, Macavity, Macavity, Macavity

When a crime's discovered

Then Macavity's not there!