Six Little Mice Sat Down to Spin

DESCRIPTION: "Six little mice sat down to spin; Pussy passed by and she peeped in. What are you doing, my little en? Weaving coats for gentlemen. Shall I come in... You'd bite off our heads... Oh, no, I'll not... That may be so, but you don't come in."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1842 (Halliwell)
KEYWORDS: animal clothes
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Gentry/Smith-ASingerAmongSingers, #67, "Three Little Mice" (1 text, 1 tune)
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 349, "Six Little Mice Sat Down to Spin" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #183, pp. 130-131, "(Six little mice sat down to spin)"
Dolby-OrangesAndLemons, p. 109, "Six Little Mice Sat Down to Spin" (1 text)
Roud #14008
File: OO2349

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