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 they 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 the basement
You may look up in the air
But I tell you once and once again:
Macavity's 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 with 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
But 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 jewelry 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
Whatever 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
Rumpelteazer, Griddlebone)
Are nothing more than agents
For the 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's not there!