Pussy cat,
pussy cat . . .
where have
you been are you going?
This cat came to live with us a little while ago. He just looks like a boy cat to me and I love his smiling face and pink cheeks.
He is going to live on the front door step, with a pretty plant growing in him.
I actually bought a plant – the one plant I bought at the garden centre a while ago - a bright verbena, which may have been pink or red. I cannot tell the colour now, as it seems to have died a death. I suppose it may resurrect itself but I’m not optimistic.
I’m considering what I might try in there instead. At the moment, I’m thinking of nasturtiums, but I’m not sure. I’ll keep you posted.
Pussy cat,
pussy cat,
Where have
you been?
I’ve been
up to London
To look
at the Queen.
Pussy
cat, pussy cat,
What did
you there?
I
frightened a little mouse
Under her chair.
This traditional rhyme was first published in 1805. The queen referred to in the nursery rhyme is believed to have been Elizabeth I, who reigned from 1558 until 1603. Illustrations often depict the queen of the verse in Elizabethan costume, some 200 years after her death. Some suggest the queen might have been Caroline of Brunswick, the estranged wife of George IV, again based on the style of dress illustrated, but she was queen from 1820 until 1821. The truth is that we do not know the exact origins of the rhyme and it really doesn’t matter.
