HOWmany Lives has the Cat got?

NINE!

But when she was young,

Poor Kitty was hung;

So how many Lives has the Cat got?

ES, Kitty was hung

When she was so young;

But, as you would hope,

She pulled a knife out of her side-
pocket, and before you could
count One,Two,Three,
cut right through the rope.

HOWmany Lives has the Cat got?

EIGHT!

But, when she was rounder,

A boy tried to drown her;

So how many Lives has the Cat got?

ES, a boy tried to drown her

When fatter and rounder,

But, as you would wish,

She slipped the stone off her neck,
and before you could count,
One,Two,Three,swam
like a fish.

HOWmany Lives has the Cat got?

SEVEN!

But, as I have learnt,

Poor Pussy was burnt.

So how many Lives has the Cat got?

ES, Pussy was burnt,

As I too have learnt;

But, as you will read,

She jumped into the water-butt before
you could count, One,Two,
Three; she did, indeed!

HOWmany Lives has the Cat got?

SIX!

But she fell off the house,

Running after a mouse;

So how many Lives has the Cat got?

ES, she fell off the house

Running after a mouse;

But, as life is sweet,

Before you could countOne,Two,
Three,she came on her feet.