I Love Little Pussy

[Jonathan Lighter]

As so often seems to happen, this mistakenly went to Jim only:

It's been many years since I heard a living person refer to a cat as a
"pussy." Or even as a "pussycat."

JL

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
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>> As my friend Anne Beadle likes to render it:
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>> I love little Pussy
>> Her coat is so warm,
>> And if I don't hurt her
>> She'll do me no harm
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>> So I'll not pull her tail
>> Or drive her away
>> But Pussy and I
>> Very gently will play
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>> I'll sit by the fire
>> and give her some food
>> and Pussy will love me
>> because I'm a sight rhyme
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>>    - James A. Landau
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