Cookey darling : a parody on Kitty darling.
[Glasgow] : Poet's Box, 6 St. Andrew's Lane,
[1854]
In one column.
'This is an excellent parody on the beautiful song called Kitty darling; but what truth there is in the lines themselves we must leave our friends to judge for themselves, Punch, however, insinuates that "peelers" are very often to be found lurking about area doors, and wherever that is the case, there is generally some very mysterious disappearnces of cold meat, &c., &c. from the larder, all of which cookey is sure to lay on the back of poor pussey, what enormous stomachs some cats must have! But of course we mustn't believe all Punch says. To be had only at the Poet's Box, 6 St. Andrew's Lane'.
'Price one penny'.
'Tune - Kitty darling'.
First lines read: I'm waiting at the airey, cookey darling, / Your fire burns so brightly I can see; / Then hasten to your peeler, cookey darling, / For you know, my love, I'm waiting for thee.
Dated at the foot of the sheet - 'Saturday, April 15, 1854'.
Ballads, English