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Pussy-cat and Queen

Traditional

ages 0 to 2nursery rhymesread aloudabout 15 seconds aloud

The classic call-and-response between a questioner and a well-travelled cat who went to London to see the Queen, and spent the visit frightening a mouse. One of the most performed nursery rhymes there is, built for two voices trading lines.

From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.

"Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,
    Where have you been?"
"I've been to London
    To look at the Queen."

"Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,
    What did you there?"
"I frightened a little mouse
    Under the chair."

Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition

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