Cat That Walked By Himself, The

DESCRIPTION: "Pussy can sit by the fire and sing, Pussy can climb a tree... To amuse herself, not me. But I like Blinky, my dog, because He knows how to behave. Blinky's the same as the First Friend was And I am the man in the cave"
AUTHOR: Rudyard Kipling (source: Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
EARLIEST DATE: 1902 (Just So Stories, according to Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: friend dog | cat
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 144, "Pussy can sit by the fire and sing" (1 short text)
Roud #25537
File: KSUC144B

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