The Rum Tum Tugger

The song "The Rum Tum Tugger" is a song about the character, Rum Tum Tugger. He is the second featured character we are introduced to. He interrupts the tribe and sends the kittens swooning.

As of the 2014 London production, this number has been replaced by a "street cat" version, with a Rap/Hip Hop feel rather than the apparently "boring and outdated" (according to Andrew Lloyd Webber) Rock'n'roll song. The updated version contains significant lyric changes, a rap section and dance break that is unrelated to the original, and ends with Tugger naming himself the "Jelli-coolest Cat". The character is completely changed from the original, although elements of the original music remain with a heavy squared beat underscoring the lyrics.

Lyrics
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

If you offer me pheasant, I'd rather have grouse

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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 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

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The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

And there isn't any call for me to shout it

For he will do as he do, do

And there's no doing anything about it

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The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore!

When you let me in then I wanna go out

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I'm always on the wrong side of every door

And as soon as I get home then I like to get about

I like to lie in a bureau drawer

But I make such a fuss if I can't get out

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The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

And there isn't any use for you to doubt it

For he will do as he do, do

And there's no doing anything about it

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The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast

My disobliging ways are a matter of habit

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Now if you offer me fish then I always want a feast

And if there isn't any fish then I won't eat rabbit

If you offer me cream then I'll sniff and sneer

Cause I only like what I find for myself

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So you catch me in it right up to my ears

And you put it away on the larder shelf

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The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing

The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle

So I leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing

Cause there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle

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The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle

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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

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