Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 - E. W. Cole

Page 152—Pussy Land

Old Daddy Hubbard and His Cat
Old Daddy Hubbard
Went to the cupboard,
To get poor Puss some meat;
But when he got there,
I do declare,
There was nothing but two pig's feet.
Daddy went to the fish shop
To get Puss a sprat,
And when he came back,
She was watching a rat.
Daddy went to the carpenter's
To get Puss a house,
And when he came back
She was catching a mouse.
Daddy went to the miller's
To get Puss some meal,
And when he came back
She was skinning an eel.
Daddy went to a meadow
To get milk from a cow,
And when he came back,
Puss cried: "Me-ow, Me-ow."
Daddy went to the crockery shop
To get Puss a dish,
And when he came back
She had caught Ma's goldfish.
Daddy went to the dairy
To get Puss some curd,
And when he came back
She'd ate Ma's pet bird.
Daddy went to the brewer's
To get Puss some beer,
And when he came back
She's a flea in her ear.
Daddy went for some water,
To give Puss some souse,
And when he came back
Puss was top of the house.
Daddy went to the ironmonger's
To get Puss a saw,
And when he came back
She had scalded her paw.
Daddy went to the photographer's
To get Puss some pictures,
And when he came back,
She had burnt off her whiskers.
Daddy went to the garden
To get Puss a snail,
And when he came back
She'd a bottle-brush tail.
Daddy went to the grocer's
To get Puss some tea,
And when he came back
She had run up a tree.
Daddy went to the draper's
To buy Puss some mittens,
And when he came back
She was licking her kittens.
Daddy went to the stable
To get Puss a donkey,
And when he got back
She was teaching the monkey.
Daddy went to the confectioner's
To buy Puss a lollie,
And when he came back
She was nursing the dolly.
Daddy went to get clothes
To make Puss a lady,
And when he came back
She was kissing the baby.
Daddy took Cole's balloon
And got Puss a cloud,
But Puss when she saw it
Laughed right out loud.

Daddy went to the store
To get Puss a herring,
And when he came back
She kept loving and purring
Daddy went to the furrier's
To get Puss a muff,
And when he came back
She was taking some snuff.
Daddy went to the baker's
To get Puss a bun,
And when he came back
She was beating a drum.
Daddy went to the dressmaker's
To buy Puss a frock,
And when he came back
She was winding the clock.
Daddy went to the jeweller's
To get Puss a brooch,
And when he came back
She'd caught a cockroach.
Daddy went to Cole's Book Arcade
Some cheap music to buy,
And when he came back
Puss had made a mud pie.
Daddy went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy Puss some pens,
And when he came back
She was feeding some hens.
Daddy went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy Puss a slate,
And when he came back
She opened the gate.
Daddy went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy Puss some ink,
And when he came back
She gave him a wink.
Daddy went to Cole's Book Arcade
For an exercise book,
And when he came back
Puss gave a wise look.
Daddy went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy Puss a purse,
And when he came back
She was singing a verse.
Daddy went to Cole's Book Arcade
And Oh me! Oh my!
And when he came back
Puss had swallowed a fly.
Daddy went to Cole's Book Arcade
Some paper to buy,
And when he came back
Puss thought she would die.
Daddy went to the doctor's
To get Puss a pill,
And when he came back
She still looked very ill.
Daddy went to the auction sale
To buy Puss a bed,
And when he came back
Puss Shammed to be dead.

This was a very wise, knowing Puss; she could read and write, and liked books very, very much, and didn't want to die and be buried, and leave all the mice, and milk, and sausages, and nice books; so she made haste and got better, and when

Daddy went to the cemetery
To dig her a grave,
Puss rushed off at once
Into Cole's Book Arcade.

And that is the present residence of Miss Puss.

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