✦ A Nursery Rhyme ✦
Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been? I’ve been to London to visit the Queen! And what did the cat do there? Frightened a little mouse under her chair.
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✦ The Rhyme ✦
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been? I’ve been to London to visit the Queen. Pussycat, pussycat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under her chair.
✦ About the Rhyme ✦
“Pussycat, Pussycat” was first printed in 1805. It is a conversation, with one question and one answer in each half.
The cat travels all the way to London to see the Queen, and then does exactly what a cat would do anywhere: chase a mouse. Some say the Queen was Elizabeth I, but the rhyme works for any queen.
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