{"id":19906,"date":"2023-04-27T14:02:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T14:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=19906"},"modified":"2025-12-09T22:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:33:34","slug":"daddy-wouldnt-buy-me-a-bow-wow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/daddy-wouldnt-buy-me-a-bow-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"Daddy wouldn’t buy me a bow wow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
First Published<\/td>1892<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Joseph Tabrar<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN13973<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Vesta Victoria<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Jefferies, Mrs Maggie E.: USA : Virginia; 1940
Robertson, Jeannie; Scotland: Aberdeenshire; 1958<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I love my little cat I do\nIts coat is oh so warm\nIt comes each day with me to school\nAnd sits upon the form\nWhen teacher says, \u201cWhy do you bring\nThat little pet of yours?\u201d\nI tell her that I bring my cat\nAlong with me because.\n\nDaddy wouldn't buy me a bow-wow (bow-wow)\nDaddy wouldn't buy me a bow-wow (bow-wow)\nI've got a little cat\nI am very fond of that\nBut I'd rather have a bow-wow wow.<\/em>\n\nWe used to have two tiny dogs\nSuch pretty little dears\nBut Daddy sold them \u2018cos they used\nTo bite each other's ears\nI cried all day, at eight at night\nPapa sent me to bed\nWhen ma came home and wiped my eyes\nI cried again and said,\n\nI'll be so glad when I get old\nTo do just as I please\nI'll have a dozen bow-wows then\nA parrot and some bees\nWhenever I see a tiny pet\nI'll kiss the little thing\n\u2018Twill remind me of the time gone by\nWhen I would cry and sing.\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A big hit for Vesta Victoria<\/a>  in 1892, written for her by the prolific Joseph Tabrar<\/a> . She sang it to great acclaim in the British music halls but also had great success with it in New York where she had an eight-week run at Tony Pastor’s New York theatre. The chorus at least is widely remembered today and the song itself was revived several times in the 20th century, for example in the film Evergreen <\/em>(1934) where it was sung by Jessie Matthews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The song has been collected twice from traditional singers on both sides of the Atlantic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A recording or download of this song can be purchased from Windyridge CDs.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Jessie Matthews sings it in the 1934 film Evergreen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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