Cattie Rade to Paisley, The

DESCRIPTION: The cat rode to Paisley on a harrow tine and lept home on the singer's mare. It was on a windy Wednesday, if the singer remembers rightly
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1910 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: nonsense animal
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #154, p. 2, ("The cattie rade to Paisley") (1 text)
Greig/Duncan8 1676, "The Cattie Rade to Paisley" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Robert Chambers (Edited by Norah and William Montgomerie), Traditional Scottish Nursery Rhymes (1990 selected from Popular Rhymes) #41, p. 33, ("The cattie rade tae Paisley, tae Paisley, tae Paisley")
Roud #13023
File: GrD81676

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