KITTENS’ DANCING LESSON.
Reading edition
Stanley Schell.
Written expressly for this book.
NOW kitties, dear, come, form a square, Right in the center of the room; No, girlies here, and bubbies there, Now, all face so and smile and bow.
[Play music of Lancers from now on with variations.]
First, Tom and Nell and Will and Min, Dance forward and then back again; Next go Fred, Ned, Tootsy and Jane, With Hey diddle-diddle and riddle-cum-ree! All forward and then back; next ladies’ chain; Up the middle and back again. My dearest kitties, won’t you try, The Hey diddle-diddle and riddle-cum-ree? Balance to corners, all now bow, Join arms and try a promenade. For all who dance, as you can see, Must Hey diddle-diddle and riddle-cum-ree! Swing the next lady fast and low, Now in a circle all must go; Take partners all, all skip away, For kitties’ dance is o’er to-day. With Hey diddle-diddle and riddle-cum-ray!
“I don’t like that cat; it’s got splinters in its feet!” was the excuse of a four-year-old for throwing the kitten away.