No. 125 Housekeeping
(A Round.)
Kittie put the kettle on,
Kettle on, kettle on,
Kittie put the kettle on,
We’ll all have tea.
To this familiar little round, girls five or six years of age, in New York, sometimes prefix a fragment of some ballad—
Here stands a red rose in the ring—
Promised to marry a long time ago.