Living

If Cows Wore Satin Slippers

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

If cows wore satin slippers,
And kits were dressed in silk,
We'd send the mice to dancing-school,
And beg our buttermilk.

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “If Cows Wore Satin Slippers.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/186/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “If Cows Wore Satin Slippers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/186/.

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