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 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   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 cases 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)   (I might mention 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,Macavity,Macavity   When a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!      Macavity's not there!   We have to find old Deuteronomy