The Owl and the Pussycat

Lyrics: Edward Lear (PD); Music: Farewell Sweet Lovely Nancy (Trad)

Lyrics [pdf]

\performance{Sing it in A; works well with multi-part harmony.}

intro: one verse guitar and flute

	G	C	G
The	Owl and the Pussy-cat w	ent to s	ea

	D7	G
In a beautiful p	ea green b	oat,

	C	G
They took some honey, and pl	enty of m	oney,

	D7	G
Wrapped up in a f	ive pound n	ote.

	C	G	C	G	C
The	Owl l	ooked up	to the st	ars ab	ove,

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	And s	ang	to a small guit	ar,

	G	C	G
'O l	ovely Pussy! O P	ussy my l	ove,

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What a beautiful P	ussy you	are,

	G	C	G
Pussy s	aid to the Owl, 'You	elegant f	owl!

	D7	G
How charmingly sw	eet you s	ing!

	C	G
O let us be married! too l	ong we have t	arried:

	D7	G
But what shall we	do for a r	ing?'

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They s	ailed	away, f	or a y	ear and a d	ay,

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	To the l	and wh	ere the Bong-tree gr	ows

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And th	ere in a wood a P	iggy-wig st	ood

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With a ring at the	end of his n	ose,

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'Dear p	ig, are you willing to s	ell for one sh	illing

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Your ring?' Said the P	iggy, 'I w	ill.'

	C	G
So they took it away, and were m	arried next d	ay

	D7	G
By the Turkey who l	ives on the h	ill.

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They d	ined on m	ince,	and sl	ices of qu	ince,

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Wh	ich they	ate w	ith a runcible sp	oon;

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And h	and in hand, on the	edge of the s	and,

	D7	G
They danced by the l	ight of the m	oon,

The words here are, of course, as we perform them. The arrangement is by Oak, Ash, and Thorn.