I Have Been to Market, My Lady

The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.

I have been to market, my lady, my lady;
Then you've not been to the fair, says pussy, says pussy;
I bought me a rabbit, my lady, my lady;
Then you did not buy a hare, says pussy, says pussy;

I roasted it, my lady, my lady;
Then you did not boil it, says pussy, says pussy;
I eat it, my lady, my lady;
And I'll eat you, says pussy, says pussy.

Tags - Songs - Lady - Market - Animal - Cat - Pussycat - Hare -

Origin - Europe - British Isles -