CATHERINE

When I first saw Pippin he was lying in the road like a discarded rag. I would have passed him by.

(Sings)



PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE PASSED HIM BY

BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS FOOT

YES ... IT WAS THE ARCH OF HIS FOOT

THAT CAUGHT MY EYE



(Spoken)

What I did was merely an act of Christian charity. After all, I had no idea that this discarded rag would clean up so well.



THERE HE WAS

HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS

AND HE LOOKED SO LOST AND EXHAUSTED

YOU'D ALMOST SWEAR HE WAS DEAD

SO I SAID:

PICK HIM UP, PUT HIM TO BED

SEE THAT HE'S BATHED AND CLOTHED AND FED

AS I SAID, HOW COULD I FORTELL

THAT HE'D CLEAN UP, OH, SO VERY WELL

IMAGINE MY SURPRISE

WHEN I RAISED MY EYES

AND THERE HE WAS