"WE'LL HAVE A WEDDING AT OUR HOUSE."
"A cat came fiddling out of a barn
With a pair of bagpipes under her arm;
She could pipe nothing but fiddle-cum-fee,
The mouse hath married the bumble-bee.
Pipe, cat; dance, mouse;
We'll have a wedding at our house."
CHAPTER V.
CAT RHYMES.
The old saying of "A cat may look at the queen" is thus expressed in a dialogue between a ward nurse of Elizabeth's time and a truant tom on its return to the nursery.
"Ward Nurse: Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been?
"Cat: I've been to London to see the queen.
"Ward Nurse: Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there?