Looking for nursery rhyme with gingham dog and calocat in it?

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Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse.  1912.

  

Eugene Field. 1850–1895

  

231. The Duel

  

THE GINGHAM dog and the calico cat  

Side by side on the table sat;  

'T was half-past twelve, and (what do you think!)  

Nor one nor t' other had slept a wink!  

  The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate          5

  Appeared to know as sure as fate  

There was going to be a terrible spat.  

  (I was n't there; I simply state  

  What was told to me by the Chinese plate!)  

  

The gingham dog went "bow-wow-wow!"   10

And the calico cat replied "mee-ow!"  

The air was littered, an hour or so,  

With bits of gingham and calico,  

  While the old Dutch clock in the chimney-place  

  Up with its hands before its face,   15

For it always dreaded a family row!  

  (Never mind: I 'm only telling you  

  What the old Dutch clock declares is true!)  

  

The Chinese plate looked very blue,  

And wailed, "Oh, dear! what shall we do!"   20

But the gingham dog and the calico cat  

Wallowed this way and tumbled that,  

  Employing every tooth and claw  

  In the awfullest way you ever saw—  

And, oh! how the gingham and calico flew!   25

  (Don't fancy I exaggerate—  

  I got my news from the Chinese plate!)  

  

Next morning where the two had sat  

They found no trace of dog or cat;  

And some folks think unto this day   30

That burglars stole that pair away!  

  But the truth about the cat and pup  

  Is this: they ate each other up!  

Now what do you really think of that!  

  (The old Dutch clock it told me so,   35

  And that is how I came to know.)

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