Lyr Req: old song about pussywillow

Subject: Lyr Add: "I HAD A LITTLE PUSSY..."
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 15 Nov 22 - 11:14 AM

From Kindergarten Review, Vol. 14, No. 7 (Springfield, Mass.: Milton Bradley Co., March 1904), page 435:


CATKIN.
By a Child Seven or Eight Years Old.

I had a little pussy,
And her coat was silvery gray;
She lives in a great wide meadow,
And she never runs away.

She always was a pussy.
She never came a cat.
Because—she’s a pussy willow!
Now what do you think of that!

Subject: Lyr Add: "I KNOW A LITTLE PUSSY..."
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 15 Nov 22 - 10:16 AM

Found in an article, “Suggestions for Nature Study,” by Elizabeth Downhour, in The Educator-Journal, Vol. 18, No. 8 (Indianapolis: Educator-Journal Co., April 1918), page 429:

Here is a little poem that every child should know. It has been set to music. Try to get it and sing it with the children:

I know a little Pussy,
Her coat is silver gray;
She lives out in the meadow;
She never runs away.

She always was a Pussy—
She never was a cat.
Her name is Pussy Willow,
Now what do you think of that?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: old song about pussywillow
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Oct 22 - 07:50 AM

In 1986 I sung this song twice as a child, once at school in Edinburgh. We had 2 music taechers at the time and this song I and all of my other friends at school knew it two. In 1989 I went to a junior choir and with our teacher Ann. I found out today that the tune is from Spain, but does anyone know who wrote the English words?

Thanks, from Joe

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: old song about pussywillow
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Jul 12 - 06:06 PM

Nathan,
My nephew, now 50, used to sing that one for me. Happy memories.
SINS

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: old song about pussywillow
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jul 12 - 06:01 PM

pussies on a willow tree...fuzzy pink skinned pussies we. Dressed in coats of silver grey..to whom do you belong I pray? Never see you wash your fur....never do I hear you purr...never hear a faint meow...from a twig or from a bow. Never see you chasing rats...surely you must be fairy cats!

Subject: RE: Looking for lyrics to OLD pssywillw song
From: Nathan in Texas
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 10:08 PM

I learned one in elementary school: each line is one note higher on the scale., then the "Meows" walk back down the scale.

I know a little pussy,
Her coat is silver gray.
She lives down in the meadow
Not very far away [or was it, "She'll never run away"?]
Although she is a pussy
She'll never be a cat
For she's a pussywillow
Now, what do you think of that?
Meow, meow,meow, meow, meow, meow, meow"
SCAT!

Subject: RE: Looking for lyrics to OLD pssywillw song
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 03:04 PM

Oh thank you thank you for that first link, Dicho. What a preschool storytime bonanza!

Subject: RE: Looking for lyrics to OLD pssywillw song
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 01:45 PM

Fairy ring beneath a pussy-willow: Fairyring
More good stuff for children here.

Subject: RE: Looking for lyrics to OLD pssywillw song
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 01:39 PM

This is fun!

A hundred furry kittens
On a pussy willow tree
I wish they'd all turn into cats
And come play with me.
Who will tell us Spring is here?
Pussy-Will-O!

Spring
Lots on this website for children

Subject: RE: Looking for lyrics to OLD pssywillw song
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 01:30 PM

Not the one you want, but cute. pussy

Subject: RE: Looking for lyrics to OLD pssywillw song
From: MMario
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 01:28 PM

no luck searching for "fairy cats" faery cats, or faerie cats

Subject: Looking for lyrics to OLD pssywillw song
From: GUEST,Andrea
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 01:09 PM

Hi, I am looking for the lyrics to an old children's song my grandpa sang about pssywillow. The last website I posted on, looking for this song, wouldn't let me type the word properly because it thought I was being vulgar! Anyway, if anyone can help, I'd appreciate it! I can remember some of the words:

"Pssy in a willow tree, pink-skinned little pssies wee." "I never see you clean your fur, Hear you (?) or hear you purr."

"Never see you hunting rats, Surely, you are fairy cats."

Thanks, Andrea