PUSSY AT SCHOOL.
Reading edition
Louis B. Tisdale.
[For a little child sitting in a chair nursing a kitten. Appropriate actions suggest themselves in the verse. “Do, mi, sol, do,” should be sung.]
NOW pussy come and play at school And sit up very straight, Just listen now—you’ll get bad marks, If you are ever late. So, pussy, say your A B C, Don’t make a face like that; You know quite well, I’m sure you do, That C A T spells “cat!” Come, let me see you write your name, Just hold the pencil so, Don’t say “Mieow, mieow, mieow,” That’s not your name, you know. I think I’d like to hear you sing, ’Twill give me great delight; What’s that you say? “You only sing Upon the tiles at night?” Well, never mind, just do your best And sing this after me; “Do, mi, sol, do,” that’s right, and now You’ll have some milk for tea. I’m very pleased indeed with you, You’ve been so good to-day; And school is over, so dear puss, You now can go and play.