Version 1
Lyrics
(Melody by Mrs. John Gunn, Traditional nursery rhyme)
Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree,
Up went pussycat and down went he,
Down came pussycat, away Robin ran,
Saying, “Now pussycat, catch me if you can.”
Little Robin Redbreast hopped upon a wall,
Pussycat jumped after him, and got a fall.
There lay pussycat while Robin flew away,
Saying, “Poor pussycat, try some other day.”
Version 2
Lyrics
(Traditional Melody collected by A. Wier, 1918, Traditional nursery rhyme)
Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree,
Up went pussycat and down went he,
Down came pussycat, away Robin ran,
Saying, “Now pussycat, catch me if you can.”
Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a wall,
Pussycat jumped after him and almost got a fall.
Little Robin chirped and sang, and what did Pussy say?
Pussycat said, Mew, and Robin flew away!
See also
- Subjects: birds / cats
- Type: nursery rhyme
- Harmony: chords I, II, IV, V
- Melody: ascending major pentascale
- Meter: 2
- Scale: hexachord (version 2)
- Tones: drmfsl (version 2)
- Source of Gunn version / source of Wier version
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
