Ding, dong, bell, Pussy's in the well! Who put her in? Little Tommy Green. Who pulled her out? Big Johnny Stout. What a naughty boy was that, To drown poor pussy-cat, Who never did him any harm, But killed the mice in his father's barn! Hark! hark! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town; Some in rags and some in tags, And some in silken gowns.* Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown, And some gave them a good horse-whip, And sent them out of the town | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A POET, WHO WOULD HAVE ME PRAISE CERTAIN BAD POETS, IMITATORS ... by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE RECONCILEMENT by JOHN SHEFFIELD SUMTER [APRIL 12, 1861] by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |