ID: 156
Date: 1990s - 2006
Title: Copy cat
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Taunt 
Rhyme: 

Copy cat, dirty rat.

(NZ ex London, 2004)

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Copy cat, copy cat,
Sitting on the door mat.

(Christchurch, 2000; Ashburton, 2006)

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Copy cat, copy cat,
Sitting on the door mat,
Jumped on a lorry,
And never said sorry.

(NZ, 1990s)

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Copy cat, copy cat,
Get a bat, break your bat.

(Oamaru, 2004)

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Copy cat, dirty rat,
Put your face in a wet cow pat.

(Nelson, 2000)

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Copy cat, copy cat,
Sitting on the door mat,
Eating bread and cheese,
Without saying please.

(NZ, 1990s)

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Copy cat, smell like a rat.

(Auckland, 2000)

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Copy cat, dirty rat,
Sitting on a mouse trap.

(NZ, 1990s)

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Background Info: Opie, 1967:182, notes that the term 'copy cat' refers to a cheat rather than one who copies.

Copy cat stole a rat, put it in his Sunday hat.
Copy cat, dirty rat, sitting on a policeman's hat.

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Knapp, 1976:60 records this American form of the jeer:

Copycatter, dirty ratter,
Stick your face in monkey splatter!

Copycatter, dirty ratter,
Call your mother a baseball batter!

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Location: Various NZ, UK, 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 9