THE RED KITTEN._The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

O the red red kitten is sent away,

No more on parlour hearth to play;

He must live in the draper’s house,

And chase the rat, and catch the mouse,

And all day long in silence go

Through bales of cotton and calico.

After the king of England fam’d,

The red red kitten was Rufus nam’d.

And as king Rufus sported through

Thicket and brake of the Forest New,

The red red kitten Rufus so

Shall jump about the calico.

But as king Rufus chas’d the deer,

And hunted the forest far and near,

Until as he watch’d the jumpy squirrel,

He was shot by Walter Tyrrel;

So, if Fate shall his death ordain,

Shall kitten Rufus by dogs be slain,

And end his thrice three lives of woe

Among the cotton and calico.

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~Twelfth-Day~

The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 46 / 1847 题