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Old Dame Trot
Going to the fair,
With the Cat on her shoulder
To see the folks there.

Dame Trot and her cat,
Sat down for a chat,
The dame sat on this side,
And Puss sat on that.
Puss said the dame,
Can you catch a rat,
Or a mouse in the dark?
Purr, said the cat.

A B C D

She went to buy apples,
And sugar, and spice,
When she came back,
Puss was fiddling to mice.
She trotted once more,
For brandy and gin,
When she came back,
She was sat down to spin.

E F G H

She went to the butcher's
To buy her some meat,
When she came back,
   She lay as dead at her feet.
She went to the undertaker's
   For a coffin and shroud,
When she came back,
   Puss sat up and mewed.

I J K L

Old Dame Trot,
Some cold fish had got,
Which for Pussy
She kept in store,
When she looked there was none,
The cold fish was gone,
For Puss had been there before.

M N O P

She trotted again,
To buy her some milk,
When she came back,
   She was sewing of silk.
She went for some ale,
   Because she was dry,
When she came back,
   Puss was making a pie.

Q R S T U

She went to buy her,
   Cap, necklace, and frock,
When she came back,
   She was riding poor Shock.
She went to buy her
   A new high-crowned hat,
When she came back,
   Puss was killing a rat.

V W X Y Z

The fire was out,
  So she went for some fuel,
When she came back,
  They were fighting a duel.
You look nice now you're dress'd
  Says little Dame Trot,
Puss curtsied and mewed,
  But further said not.

W. S. FORTEY, Printer and Publisher, 2 & 3, Monmouth Court, London, W.C.

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(ESTABLISHED 1813.)

WILLIAM S. FORTEY,

(Sole Successor to the late J. Catnach,)

Printer, Publisher,

AND

WHOLESALE STATIONER, 2 & 3, MONMOUTH COURT,

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1859.