The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat   If you offer me pheasant I'd rather have grouse   If you put me in a house I would much prefer a flat   If you put me in a flat then I'd rather have a house   If you set me on a mouse then I only want a rat   If you set me on a rat then I'd rather chase a mouse      The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat   And there isn't any need for me to shout it   For he will do as he do do   And there's no doing anything about it      The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore      When you let me in, then I want to go out   I'm always on the wrong side of every door   And as soon as I'm at home, then I'd like to get about   I like to lie in the bureau drawer   And I make such a fuss if I can't get out      The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat      And there isn't any need for you to doubt it   For he will do as he do do   And there's no doing anything about it      The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast      My disobliging ways are a matter of habit   If you offer me fish then I always want a feast   When there isn't any fish then I won't eat rabbit   If you offer me cream then I sniff and sneer   For I only like what I find for myself   So you'll catch me in it right up to my ears   If you put it away on the larder shelf      The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing   The Rum Tum Tugger      Doesn't care for a cuddle   But I'll leap upon your lap in the middle of your sewing   For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle      The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat   The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle   The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat   And there isn't any need for me to spout it      For he will do as he do do      And there's no doing anything about - t it!