The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball
Original London Cast of Cats * Track #4 On Cats: Original Cast Recording (1981 Original London Cast)
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Album Cats: Original Cast Recording (1981 Original London Cast)
- #1The Overture
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Original London Cast
- #2Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
Original London Cast of Cats & Terrence Mann & Charlotte d’Amboise & Harry Groener & Ken Page & Brian Blessed
- #3The Naming of Cats
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Original London Cast
- #4The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball
Original London Cast of Cats
- #5The Old Gumbie Cat
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Myra Sands, Wayne Sleep, Susan Jane Tanner, & Geraldine Gardner
- #6The Rum Tum Tugger
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Finola Hughes, & Paul Nicholas
- #7Grizabella
Original London Cast of Cats & Betty Buckley & Elaine Paige
- #8Bustopher Jones
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Brian Blessed, Myra Sands, Susan Jane Tanner, & Geraldine Gardner & & Brian Blessed
- #9Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, John Thornton, & Bonnie Langford & Bonnie Langford & John Thornton
- #10Old Deuteronomy
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Wayne Sleep, Jeff Shankley, John Chester, & Brian Blessed
- #11The Jellicle Ball
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, & Sharon Lee Hill
- #12Grizabella the Glamour Cat
Original London Cast of Cats
- #13End of Act 1: Memory
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, & Elaine Paige & Elaine Paige
- #14The Moments of Happiness
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Brian Blessed, & Sarah Brightman & Ken Page & Brian Blessed
- #15Gus: The Theater Cat
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Susan Jane Tanner, & Stephen Tate
- #16Growltiger’s Last Stand
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Stephen Tate, Susan Jane Tanner, Jeff Shankley, & Roland Alexander
- #17Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Ken Wells, John Chester, Femi Taylor, Seeta Indrani, Bonnie Langford, Finola Hughes, Sarah Brightman, & Michel Verkoren
- #18Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Sharon Lee Hill, Geraldine Gardner, Roland Alexander, John Thornton, & Jeff Shankley
- #19Mr. Mistoffelees
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Wayne Sleep, & Paul Nicholas
- #20Memory
Original London Cast of Cats & Sarah Brightman & Elaine Paige
- #21The Journey to the Heaviside Layer
Original London Cast of Cats
- #22The Ad-Dressing of Cats
Original London Cast of Cats & Brian Blessed
The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball by Original London Cast of Cats
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Original London Cast of CatsThe Invitation to the Jellicle Ball Lyrics
[MR. MISTOFFELEES]
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one, come all
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle Cats come out tonight
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
[COMPANY]
Jellicle cats are white and black
Jellicle cats are of moderate size
Jellicles jump like a jumping jack
Jellicle cats have moonlit eyes
We're quiet enough in the morning hours
We're quiet enough in the afternoon
Reserving our terpsichorean powers
To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon
[MUNKUSTRAP]
Jellicle Cats meet once a year
At the Jellicle Ball where we all rejoice
And the Jellicle leader will soon appear
And make what is known as the Jellicle Choice
When Old Deuteronomy just before dawn
Through a silence you feel could cut with a knife
Announces the Cat who can now be reborn
And come back to a different Jellicle life
For waiting up there is the Heaviside Layer
Full of wonders one Jellicle only will see
And Jellicles ask because Jellicles dare
Who will it be? Who will it be?
The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball Q&A
Who wrote The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball's ?
The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.