Talk:Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow

Public domain lyrics

What is the copyright status of these lyrics? RickK 19:06, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)

If they're the originals from 1892 they should be fine. - Hephaestos 19:09, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Double meanings

I've removed the sentence about the possible double meaning of "pussy", because the word doesn't in fact appear in the lyric, as we can see, since it is reproduced in the article. (Which is not to deny that some music hall songs really were near the knuckle!) — Tim riley (talk) 17:08, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lyric confusion

The version given here presents the first half of the first verse as:

I love my little cat, I do,/ With soft black silky hair;/ It comes with me each day to school/ And sits upon the chair;

While I've always heard it as:

I love my little cat, I do,/ Its coat is oh so warm;/ It comes each day with me to school/ And sits upon the form;

There's also an alternate version of the last verse I've heard, which goes:

I'll be so glad when I get old,/ To do just as I please;/ I'll have a dozen bow-wows then,/ A parrot and some bees./ Whene'er I see a tiny pet,/ I'll kiss the little thing;/ 'Twill remind me of the days gone by,/ When I would cry and sing:

Should the alternate lyrics be noted somewhere in the article? 24.163.81.139 (talk) 22:28, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]