Poems - Pussy can sit by the fire

"Pussy can sit by the fire..."

PUSSY can sit by the fire and sing,

Pussy can climb a tree,
Or play with a silly old cork and string

To 'muse herself, not me.
But I like Binkie my dog, because

He knows how to behave;
So, Binkie's the same as the First Friend was,

And I am the Man in the Cave.

Pussy will play man-Friday till

It's time to wet her paw
And make her walk on the window-sill

(For the footprint Crusoe saw);
Then she fluffles her tail and mews,

And scratches and won't attend.
But Binkie will play whatever I choose,

And he is my true First Friend!

Pussy will rub my knees with her head

Pretending she loves me hard;
But the very minute I go to my bed

Pussy runs out in the yard,
And there she stays till the morning-light;

So I know it is only pretend;
But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night,

And he is my Firstest Friend!