Lucy Locket lost her pocket,
Kitty Fisher found it,
Not a penny was there in it,
Only ribbon round it.
Lucy Locket was a barmaid at the Cock, in Fleet Street, London, sometime in the 1700s. Lucy discarded one of her lovers (her 'pocket') when she had run through all his money. Kitty Fisher, a noted courtesan, took up with him, even though he had no money.
This was a well known and popular rhyme on both sides of the Atlantic by the middle of the 19th Century and was sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy. Kitty Fisher was a famous 18th Century courtesan and aspiring actress, who was notorious as the mistress of several well known men of the day. She was also a neighbour and friend of Dr Johnson.
Kitty Fisher found it,
Not a penny was there in it,
Only ribbon round it.
Lucy Locket was a barmaid at the Cock, in Fleet Street, London, sometime in the 1700s. Lucy discarded one of her lovers (her 'pocket') when she had run through all his money. Kitty Fisher, a noted courtesan, took up with him, even though he had no money.
This was a well known and popular rhyme on both sides of the Atlantic by the middle of the 19th Century and was sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy. Kitty Fisher was a famous 18th Century courtesan and aspiring actress, who was notorious as the mistress of several well known men of the day. She was also a neighbour and friend of Dr Johnson.
