The young and innocent white cat Victoria performs a solo 
dance. Munkustrap, a large grey tabby who serves as the show`s 
narrator, explains that the Jellicle Cats meet once a year to 
rejoice! He also explains that they are waiting for their leader, 
the wise Old Deuteronomy, who will choose which one of the 
Jellicle Cats will this year journey to the Heaviside Layer to be 
reborn to a new life! 
ALL: 
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 

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 
Jellicle cats come one, come all 
The jellicle moon is shining bright 
Jellicles come to the jellicle ball 

SOLO: 
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 

That`s when Old Deuteronomy just before dawn 
Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife 
Announces the cat who can now be reborn 
And come back to different jellicle life 

Because waiting up there is the heaviside layer 
With wonders one jellicle only will see 
Jellicles ask because jellicles dare 
Who will it be? 

From this point onward, each of the cats tells his own story 
in song and dance, hoping to be chosen as the special cat to 
come back to a different Jellicle life.