I bought me a cat
Language: English
Available translation(s): CHI
I bought me a cat, my cat pleased me, I fed my cat under yonder tree. My cat says fiddle eye fee. I bought me a duck, my duck pleased me, I fed my duck under yonder tree. My duck says, "Quaa, quaa", My cat says fiddle eye fee. I bought me a goose, my goose pleased me, I fed my goose under yonder tree. My goose says, "Quaw, quaw", My duck says. . . I bought me a hen, my hen pleased me. I fed my hen under yonder tree. My hen says, Shimmy shack, shimmy shack", My goose says. . . I bought me a pig, my pig pleased me. I fed my pig under yonder tree. My pig says, "Griffey, griffey". My hen says. . . I bought me a cow, my cow pleased me. I fed my cow under yonder tree. My cow says "Moo, moo", my pig says . . . I bought me a horse, my horse pleased me. I fed my horse under yonder tree. My horse says, "Neigh, neigh", My cow says. . . I bought me a wife, my wife pleased me. I fed my wife under yonder tree. My wife says, "Honey, honey", My horse says "Neigh, neigh". . .
Note: some singers choose to change the word "bought" in the last stanza to "got" or "wed" or "found".
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , a children's nonsense song sung to the composer by the American playwright Lynn Riggs, who learned in during his boyhood in Oklahoma [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "I bought me a cat", 1950, first performed 1950 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Old American Songs, First Set, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "我買了一隻貓", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Joel Ayau
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-26
Line count: 31
Word count: 210