Hello Poetry Lovers
Today, we’re going to explore that very traditional and well-known nursery rhyme Old Mother Hubbard 
Like most of us, I knew the iconic first verse, but I did not bargain for how long the rest of it actually was. The structuring was also quite difficult. Not to mention some very morbid verses about undertakers and death, which got the elbow, natch! 
You will see I have modernised this piece, and the lead role is a cat not a dog. Anyway, read on….
Old Mrs M went to the fridge
to get her cat some fish
when she got there the fridge was bare
and the cat had an empty dish
She went to Aldi
to get her sardines
when she got back
the cat was wearing her jeans
She went to Barretts
to get her some shoes
when she got back
the cat was reading the news
She went to Wetherspoons
to get her some beer
when she got back
the cat sat in a chair
She went to the butchers
to get her some tripe
when she got back
the cat was smoking a pipe
She went to Tesco
to get her some fruit
when she got back
the cat was playing the flute
I think we’d better stop at this point, PL’s. Dobby’s looking mutinous as it’s time for her tea. Also, I don’t want her starting a bitter actors strike. 
Thanks for tuning in for our nursery rhyme session, any traditional pieces you can ‘do up’ yourself, please send them in.
Thank you for tuning in, more poetry action real soon…..
Heather Moulson 
Re Old Mother Hubbard: you have spoiled the rhythm by putting ‘the cat’ in place of the monosyllabic ‘he’. As ‘she’ is ambiguous in the context of both you and Dobby being female, I suggest you refer to Dobby as ‘it’: after all, the sex of the creature is not a relevant issue for this verse.
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Thank you, Connaire. I was conscious of spoiling the dynamic but I didn’t want to confuse things, with two she’s. .Yes, ‘it’ would have been a better option. Thanks for visiting x
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What a busy day – I’m exhausted just reading about it xx
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