New lyrics: sitting in the cat-bird seat

Before bed, Hy and I were listening to that old children's favorite, the green grass grew all around. You know, each verse adds another item to the chorus so you end up with the prettiest little feather that you ever did see, and the feather on the bird and the bird in the egg and the egg in the nest and the ... (Mouseketeer version here - Hy will flip when I show it to him tomorrow morning)

So I sang it to him also while getting him ready for bed and asked him to fill in blanks as usual. He came up with some pretty interesting changes.

And in this egg, there was a _____...
"Pigeon!"    [ahhh, he's remembering chasing birds on the beach, seagulls and pigeons. Ooookay.]
The prettiest little pigeon that you ever did see....

And on this pigeon there was a ______...
"Cat!"         [oh my]
And the cat ate the pigeon and the pigeon in the egg and ....

Cute kid.