Pussy Cat Pussy Cat

"Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat"
Roud #15094
Written by Traditional
Published 1805
Written England
Language English
Form Nursery rhyme

"Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 15094.

Lyrics

Common modern versions include:

Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?
I've been down to London to visit the Queen.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there?
I frightened a little mouse, under her chair.[1]

The last line sometimes sung as:

I chased a little mouse right under the chair.

Origins

The earliest record of the rhyme is publication in Songs for the Nursery, printed in London in 1805.[1] The Queen most often depicted in illustrations is Elizabeth I, but Caroline of Brunswick has also been suggested.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), p. 357.