The Jellicle Ball
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, & Sharon Lee Hill * Track #11 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 Jellicle Ball by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, & Sharon Lee Hill
About
Old Deuteronomy has arrived and now the Jellicle Ball can begin. The Cats start off slowly, reminding the audience of the event that was foretold earlier in the musical, before working themselves into a frenzy of dance as the Jellicle Ball gets underway. The audience gets to see those “terpsichorean...
The Jellicle Ball Lyrics
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 are black and white
Jellicle Cats are rather small
Jellicle Cats are merry and bright
And pleasant to hear when we caterwaul
Jellicle Cats have cheerful faces
Jellicle Cats have bright black eyes
We like to practice our airs and graces
And wait for the Jellice Moon to rise
Jellicle cats develop slowly
Jellicle cats are not too big
Jellicle cats are roly-poly
We know how to dance a gavotte and a jig
Until the Jellicle Moon appears
We make our toilette and take our repose
Jellicles wash behind their ears
Jellicles dry between their toes
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
Jellicle Cats are black and white
Jellicle Cats, as we said, are small
If it happens to be a stormy night
We will practice a caper or two in the hall
If it happens the sun is shining bright
You would say we had nothing to do at all
We are resting and saving ourselves to be right
For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle Cats come out tonight
Jellicle Cats come one, come all
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
The Jellicle Ball Q&A
Who wrote The Jellicle Ball's ?
The Jellicle Ball was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber & T.S. Eliot.