Pussy-cat Mew jumped over a coal,
And in her best petticoat burnt a great hole.
Poor Pussy's weeping, she'll have no more milk
Until her best petticoat's mended with silk.

From The Real Mother Goose

A thorough web-search brought about no mutations of this rhyme, and it does not generally seem to be very well known. However, it was familiar enough for a certain E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen to make a fairytale inspired by it, called Puss-Cat Mew, published in 1871. More than this I cannot tell, alas. Except, of course - Kids! Don't dress your kittens up in silk underwear when there is hot coal around!

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