A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten

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Title:     A Dirge For A Righteous Kitten
Author: Vachel Lindsay [More Titles by Lindsay]

To be intoned, all but the two italicized lines, which are to be spoken in a snappy, matter-of-fact way.

Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong.
Here lies a kitten good, who kept
A kitten's proper place.
He stole no pantry eatables,
Nor scratched the baby's face.
_He let the alley-cats alone_.
He had no yowling vice.
His shirt was always laundried well,
He freed the house of mice.
Until his death he had not caused
His little mistress tears,
He wore his ribbon prettily,
_He washed behind his ears_.
Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong.

[The end]
Vachel Lindsay's poem: Dirge For A Righteous Kitten

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