by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Have you seen my kittie?
Language: English
Have you seen my kittie? She's the cat that runs away, My but she is awful wild, She's a dreadful, dreadful child, Just as soon as she sees me, Off she goes and climbs a tree, Yet that kitten I love well, What's the matter can you tell? Refrain Dear me suzz! Kittie, Kittie, Kittie, Kittie, Kittie come and play, Kittie, Kittie, Kittie, Kittie please don't run away, You're the kitten I love well, What's the matter can't you tell? Kittie, Kittie come let's play. Did she climb a tree so high, Seemed to reach most to the sky? Did she always squirm and wail, If you held her by the tail? Mama says that it's all me, Kittens really good would be, But the kittens I have known, Seem to want to live alone. Refrain
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1861 - 1946), "Have you seen my kittie?", copyright © 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs, no. 1, Chicago : F. J. Smith
Score: Ball State University [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-11
Line count: 26
Word count: 136