[DEMETER]

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

And 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's not there!

[BOMBALURINA]

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!

[DEMETER]

He's outwardly respectable

[BOMBALURINA]

I know he cheats at cards

[DEMETER]

And his footprints are not found in any files of Scotland Yard's

[BOMBALURINA]

And when the larder's looted

[DEMETER]

Or the jewel case is rifled

[BOMBALURINA]

Or when the milk is missing

[DEMETER]

Or another Peke's been stifled!

[BOMBALURINA]

Or the greenhouse glass is broken

[DEMETER]

And the trellis past repair

[DEMETER & BOMBALURINA]

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

[DEMETER]

I might mention Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer

[BOMBALURINA]

Griddlebone

[DEMETER & BOMBALURINA]

Are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time

Just controls the operations: the Napoleon of Crime!

[DEMETER & BOMBALURINA & FEMALE CATS]

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