A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/Some little mice sat in a barn to spin

by Sabine Baring-Gould

For other versions of this work, see Some Little Mice.

LXVI.

Some little mice sat in a barn to spin;
Pussy came by, and popped her head in;
'Shall I come in, and cut your threads off?'
'Oh no, kind sir! you will snap our heads off.'