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I bought me a cat, my cat pleased me, I fed my cat under yonder tree. My cat says fiddle eye fee. I bought me a duck, my duck pleased me, I fed my duck under yonder tree. My duck says, "Quaa, quaa", My cat says fiddle eye fee. I bought me a goose, my goose pleased me, I fed my goose under yonder tree. My goose says, "Quaw, quaw", My duck says. . . I bought me a hen, my hen pleased me. I fed my hen under yonder tree. My hen says, Shimmy shack, shimmy shack", My goose says. . . I bought me a pig, my pig pleased me. I fed my pig under yonder tree. My pig says, "Griffey, griffey". My hen says. . . I bought me a cow, my cow pleased me. I fed my cow under yonder tree. My cow says "Moo, moo", my pig says . . . I bought me a horse, my horse pleased me. I fed my horse under yonder tree. My horse says, "Neigh, neigh", My cow says. . . I bought me a wife, my wife pleased me. I fed my wife under yonder tree. My wife says, "Honey, honey", My horse says "Neigh, neigh". . .
Note: some singers choose to change the word "bought" in the last stanza to "got" or "wed" or "found".
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , a children's nonsense song sung to the composer by the American playwright Lynn Riggs, who learned in during his boyhood in Oklahoma [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 Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "I bought me a cat", 1950, first performed 1950 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Old American Songs, First Set, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "我買了一隻貓", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Joel Ayau
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-26
Line count: 31
Word count: 210
我買了一隻貓，我的貓令我高興 我在遠遠的樹下餵我的貓 我的貓說著 “fiddle eye fee” 我買了一隻鴨子，我的鴨子令我高興 我在遠遠的樹下餵我的鴨子 我的鴨子說：呱呱 我的貓說著 “fiddle eye fee” 我買了一隻鵝，我的鵝令我高興 我在遠遠的樹下餵我的鵝 我的鵝說：嘓嘓 我的鴨子說。。。 我買了一隻母雞，我的母雞令我高興 我在遠遠的樹下餵我的母雞 我的母雞說：希米斜克 我的鵝說。。。 我買了一頭豬，我的豬令我高興 我在遠遠的樹下餵我的豬 我的豬說：哼哼 我的母雞說。。。 我買了一頭母牛，我的母牛令我高興 我在遠遠的樹下餵我的母牛 我的母牛說：哞哞 我的豬說。。。 我買了一頭馬，我的馬令我高興 我在遠遠的樹下餵我的馬 我的馬說：呢呢 我的母牛說。。。 我買了老婆，我的老婆令我高興 我在遠遠的樹下餵我的老婆 我的老婆說：親愛的～親愛的～ 我的馬說。。。
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , a children's nonsense song sung to the composer by the American playwright Lynn Riggs, who learned in during his boyhood in Oklahoma
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-15
Line count: 31
Word count: 37