“Too-Ril-Te-Too (The Robin and the Cat)”
Description
"Oh! Too-ril-te-too was a bonny cock robin, He tied up his tail with a piece of blue bobbin, His tail was no bigger than the tail of a flea, Too-ril-te-too Thought it pretty as a tail could be." The bird flies to a rail to show off and is eaten by a cat
Supplemental text
Too-Ril-Te-Too (The Robin and the Cat)
Complete text(s)
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From Eloise Hubbard Linscott, Folk Songs of Old New England, pp. 293-294.
Apparently from the children of Dr. Frank Allen Hubbard.
Oh! Too-ril-te-too was a bonny cock robin,
He tied up his tail with a piece of blue bobbin,
His tail was no bigger than the tail of a flea,
Too-ril-te-too thought it pretty as a tail could be.
Oh! Too-ril-te-too was so proud of his tail,
TO show it off better, he stood on a rail,
An old gray cat came over the wall,
And she ate up poor Too-rill-te-too, tail and all.
Cross references
- cf. "Rory O'More" (tune)
References
- Linscott, pp. 293-294, "Too-Ril-Te-Too" (1 text, 1 tune)
- ST Lins293 (Full)
- Roud #3745
- BI, Lins293