to the carpenter's
To get Puss a house,
And when he came back
She was catching a mouse.

Daddy went to the miller's
To get Puss some meal,
And when he came back
She was skinning an eel.

Daddy went to a meadow
To get milk from a cow,
And when he came back,
Puss cried: "Me-ow, Me-ow."

Daddy went to the crockery shop
To get Puss a dish,
And when he came back
She had caught Ma's goldfish.

Daddy went to the dairy
To get Puss some curd,
And when he came back
She'd ate Ma's pet bird.

Daddy went to the brewer's
To get Puss some beer,
And when he came back
She's a flea in her ear.

Daddy went for some water,
To give Puss some souse,
And when he came back
Puss was top of the house.

Daddy went to the ironmonger's
To get Puss a saw,
And when he came back
She had scalded her paw.

Daddy went to the photographer's
To get Puss some pictures,
And when he came back,
She had burnt off her whiskers.

Daddy went to the garden
To get Puss a snail,
And when he came back
She'd a bottle-brush tail.

Daddy went to the grocer's
To get Puss some tea,
And when he came back
She had run up a tree.

Daddy went to the draper's
To buy Puss some mittens,
And when he came back
She was licking her kittens.

Daddy went to the stable
To get Puss a donkey,
And when he got back
She was teaching the monkey.

Daddy went to the confectioner's
To buy Puss a lollie,
And when he came back
She was nursing the dolly.

Daddy went to get clothes
To make Puss a lady,
And when he came back
She was kissing the baby.

Daddy took Cole's balloon
And got Puss a cloud,
But Puss when she saw it
Laughed right out loud.

[Illustration: Laughing Cat.]

Daddy went to the store
To get Puss a herring,
And when he came back
She kept loving and purring

Daddy went to the furrier's
To get Puss a muff,
And when he came back
She was taking some snuff.

Daddy went to the baker's
To get Puss a bun,
And when he came back
She was beating a drum.

Daddy went to the dressmaker's
To buy Puss a frock,
And when he came back
She was winding the clock.

Daddy went to the jeweller's
To get Puss a brooch,
And when he came back
She'd caught a cockroach.

Daddy went to Cole's Bo