The Cat Sat Asleep by the Side of the Fire

"The Cat Sat Asleep by the Side of the Fire" is an English nursery rhyme.^[1]

Lyrics

One of the most commonly used modern versions of the rhyme is:

The cat sat asleep by the side of the fire,
The mistress snored loud as a pig
Jack took up his fiddle, by Jenny's desire,
And struck up a bit of a jig.^[2]

Notes

^ John Bellenden Ker (1840). Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases: Terms and Nursery Rhymes. John King. pp. 191–.
^ Richard Scarry, Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever (Western Publishing Company Inc., 1970), pp. 10-11.

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[Ker1840-1] John Bellenden Ker (1840). Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases: Terms and Nursery Rhymes. John King. pp. 191–.

[Scarry1970-2] Richard Scarry, Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever (Western Publishing Company Inc., 1970), pp. 10-11.

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