by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Pussy has a whiskered face
Language: English
Pussy has a whiskered face, Kitty has such pretty ways; Doggie scampers when I call, And has a heart to love us all.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time 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):
- possibly by Hubert S. Middleton , "Pussy has a whiskered face", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Kikirikee, note: may be by a different H. S. Middleton [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 24