The songs of this medley at first follow the story of Goat’s escape
from the dance, number 40, combined with the parallel story of Rat’s
escape from Puss’s dance. The song is taken from a popular game in
which one player represents the cat, another the rat; all the others
form a line with clasped hands, and Puss tries to catch Rat through the
line, while all sing the song. The bull’s song belongs to number 88 or
89. Anansi’s fifing is possibly taken from 139.