Poems (Jordan)/Lillie's Pussy
LILLIE'S PUSSY
I have dot a little pussy, An' she's all my own—to teep!But she is so drefful fussy When we're playin' hide'n seek!I will hide w-a-y in the tloset, An' will squeam, wight loud, "All out!"An' when pussy hears me doesit, She begins to wun about.
She tan ony say "me-ow," But I know des what her finks—Her finks, "ah, I've found oo now," An' den, away she slinks!Den I has to do an' fin' her— On the 'tairway; in the hall,—But I wis' her wouldn't tinder Always wun out, when I tall!
Seems to me I'm always "it,"— The one what has to shut her eyes;An' I don't wike that one bit, For my pussy never tries"All out!" like her ought to do, An' I always have to dess'Bout the time her wants me to— That ain't wight, now, I mus' 'fess!
But den it's no fun to hunt her— I wis' 'at I tould teach her how!Will her ever learn, I wonder, To say "all out!" an' not "me-ow!"'She is such a funny kitty, Not to tell me where she be;—An' I fink it's such a pity Pussies tannot play like we!