by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
O my kitten
Language: English
O my kitten, a kitten, And O my kitten, my deary, Such a sweet pap as this There is not far nor neary. Here we go up, up, up, Here we go down, down, down, Here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, round,
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, verses from a Poetry Bookshop publication, Nurse Lovechild's Legacy.  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "O my kitten", 1923, published 1924, from Candlelight: a cycle of nursery jingles, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48