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Knit knit knit knit	A
See old white capped Pussy sit	A
Fairly gray with worry and care	B
In her little straight backed rocking chair	B
Knit knit knit	A
Till she is tired of it	A
	-
Why does she work so Look and see	C
There in the corner children three	C
Plump and furry and full of fun	D
A good for nothing is every one	D
And all those kittens	E
Must have mittens	E
	-
Weather is cold and snow and sleet	F
Make it bad for their little feet	F
And they dare not peep outside because	G
Jack Frost stands ready to pinch their paws	G
That's why she sits	H
And knits and knits	H
	-
If by any chance she drops her ball	I
And if one of them chases it at all	I
She peeps out over her glasses' rim	J
With a savage dreadful scowl at him	J
And cries out Scat	K
You saucy cat	K
	-
Or if her long tail gets uncurled	K
And sways but the least bit in the world	K
And one of them makes a roguish nip	L
At it or plays at mouse with the tip	L
Somebody hears	M
A loud boxed ears	N
	-
With them 'tis hurry scurry and play	O
Or sleep in a round coil half the day	O
While creakety creak the rockers go	P
And the mittens grow and grow and grow	P
So shapely and fast	K
They are done at last	K
	-
She summons the kittens each one stands	Q
While the mittens are tried on his clumsy hands	Q
Then her glasses drop to the end of her nose	R
And her wits go wandering off in a doze	R
And as never before	S
Does old Puss snore	S
	-
She is off to that dream land paradise	T
Of cats where cupboards are full of mice	T
Where white and sweet and big as the sea	C
Are the saucers of warm new milk ah me	C
There is no cream	U
Like that in a dream	U
	-
There the ways of things are very absurd	K
For a bobolink or a yellow bird	K
Comes of its own accord and sits	H
On every knitting needle that knits	H
And pipes and sings	V
As the rocker swings	V
	-
Suddenly there is a noise of feet	K
Rattle and clatter and patter and beat	K
Old Puss makes a flying leap from her chair	B
With a half awake and startled stare	B
Striving to see	C
What it may be	C
	-
Helter skelter the kittens appear	W
Oh mother dear we very much fear	W
That we have lost our mittens they cry	X
You have Then you shall have no pie	X
Lost your mittens	E
You naughty kittens	E
	-
Old mother Puss is dreadfully cross	Y
At the spoiled dream first then at the loss	Y
And with floods of tears down either cheek	Z
Each frightened kitten tries to speak	Z
Miew miew miew	U
Miew miew miew	U
	-
A smart cuff over their little brains	A2
Is the only answer the mother deigns	A2
Not another word from one of you	B2
It means so without more ado	B2
Ashamed and slow	P
Away they go	P
	-
Again she settles herself and sleeps	C2
This time she dreams that she crouches and creeps	C2
A great gray tiger along the grass	D2
While herds of soft eyed antelopes pass	D2
When patter patter	E2
Now what's the matter	E2
	-
Again with a scramble the three appear	W
Oh mammy dear see here see here	F2
We have found our mittens see they cry	X
You have Then you shall have some pie	X
Found your mittens	E
You nice nice kittens	E
	-
She goes to the oven there is a pie	X
She sets it out on the floor close by	X
'Tis smoking hot and covered with juice	G2
And she says to them Eat as much as you choose	H2
So up to the chin	I2
They all dip in	I2
	-
Dame Puss goes out to wash her paws	G
And to comb her whiskers with her claws	G
When again the troublesome three appear	W
Oh mother dear see here see here	F2
Distressed and shy	X
They begin to cry	X
	-
No wonder they cry they did not wait	K
For a spoon or knife or fork or plate	K
But ate with their fingers ah how soiled	K
Dame Puss declares the mittens are spoiled	K
Miew miew miew	U
Miew miew miew	U
	-
Then all run out to the rain water tub	J2
Dip in their mittens and rub and rub	J2
Their little knuckles are fairly bare	B
And wet as if drowned is every hair	B
Still over the tub	J2
They rub rub rub	J2
	-
Once more they haste to their mother dear	W
Oh mammy dear see here see here	F2
We've washed our mittens clean they cry	X
You darling kittens	E
To wash your mittens	E
She says and fondles them till they're dry	X
Purr purr purr	E2
Purr pu r r p u r r	K2

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