Thomas O'Malley Cat (song)

Thomas O'Malley Cat (song) is a song featured in Disney's The Aristocats. It's preformed by Phil Harris as Thomas O'Malley. In the film, Edgar sedates the cats by putting an entire bottle of sleeping pills into their food and then heads out into the country side to dispose of them. In the morning, Duchess meets Thomas, and we are introduced to him with this song. Afterwards, he offers to guide Duchess and her kittens to Paris.

Lyrics

Thomas O'Malley:: I like cheech-a-cheech-chee-roni

Like they make at home

Or a healthy fish with a big backbone

I'm Abraham De Lacy

Giuseppe Casey

Thomas O'Malley

O'Malley, the alley cat!

I've got that wanderlust

Gotta walk the scene

Gotta kick up highway dust

Feel the grass that's green

Gotta strut them city streets

Showin' off my éclat, yeah

Tellin' my friends of the social elite

Or some cute cat I happen to meet

That I'm Abraham De Lacy

Giuseppe Casey

Thomas O'Malley

O'Malley the alley cat!

Duchess (spoken): Why, monsieur, your name seems to cover all of Europe!

O'Malley (spoken):: Well of course. I'm the only cat of my kind.

O'Malley (singing):: I'm king of the highway

Prince of the boulevard

Duke of the avant-garde

The world is my backyard

So if you're goin' my way

That's the road you wanna seek

Calcutta to Rome or

Home Sweet Home in Paris...

Magnifique, you all!

Toulouse (spoken):: Oh, boy! An alley cat!

Marie (spoken):: Shh! Listen.

O'Malley (singing):: I only got myself

And this big old world

But I sip that cup of life

With my fingers curled

I don't worry what road to take

I don't have to think of that

Whatever I take is the road I make

It's the road of life make no mistake, for me

Yeah, Abraham De Lacy

Giuseppe Casey

Thomas O'Malley

O'Malley the alley cat

That's right

And I'm very proud of that

Yeah!