Quick quick the cat's been sick. Where? Where? Under the Chair. Hasten, hasten Fetch the basin. Kate, Kate, You're far too late, The rug is in a dreadful state. Listen! Listen. The Cat is pissin. Where? Where? Under the chair. Run! Run! Get the gun. Too late, she'll soon be done. These two examples illustrate -- perhaps inelegantly -- both the conservative retention of phrases, words, and sound, and the dynamic invention of variation....
From Dynamics of Folklore by Barre Toelken https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dynamics_Of_Folklore/i2XgCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22listen+listen%22+%22where+where%22+%22pissing%22+OR+%22pissin%22&pg=PT61&printsec=frontcover
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