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Three little kittens
they lost their mittens,
and they began to cry,
"Oh mother dear, we sadly fear
that we have lost our mittens."
"What! Lost your mittens,
you naughty kittens!
Then you shall have no pie."
"Meeow, meeow, meeow,
now we shall have no pie."
The three little kittens
they found their mittens,
And they began to cry,
"Oh mother dear, see here, see here
For we have found our mittens."
"Put on your mittens,
you silly kittens
And you shall have some pie"
"Meeow, meeow, meeow,
Now let us have some pie."
The three little kittens
put on their mittens
And soon ate up the pie,
"Oh mother dear, we greatly fear
That we have soiled our mittens."
"What! soiled you mittens,
you naughty kittens!"
Then they began to cry, "Meeow, meeow, meeow"
Then they began to sigh.
The three little kittens
they washed their mittens
And hung them out to dry,
"Oh mother dear, do you not hear
That we have washed our mittens."
"What! washed your mittens,
you are good kittens."
But I smell a rat close by,
"Meeow, meeow, meeow"
we smell a rat close by...
Lyrics
and words of the nursery rhyme
A cautionary tale with lyrics especially relevant to a mother and child -
losing an article, then finding it and being rewarded! Then making
the article dirty and then washing them? The word "meeow" shows
effective use of onomatopoeia where a word sounds like the
meaning. The mother cat was
right to "smell a rat!" and the origins and history for
this saying could well be attributed to this
particular nursery rhyme! |
