Rat a Tat Tat, Who Is That?

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Rat-a-tat-tat, who is that? Only Grandma's pussy cat. What do you want? A pint of milk. Where's your money? In my pocket. Where's your pocket? I forgot it! O you silly pussy-cat."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Douglas)
KEYWORDS: jumprope clothes food money | pussy cat milk pocket
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond,North))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #479, "Rat-a-tat-tat, who is that?" (1 text)
Roud #22244
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "A Pig Went Into a Public House" (lyrics)
NOTES [22 words]: This is so close to "A Pig Went Into a Public House" that I would probably have lumped them, but Roud splits them. Take your pick. - RBW
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File: AJR479

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