The Machinson Sisters were an early 20th century Vaudeville

Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...

 act originating in England. Their most famous performance was heavily influenced by an early similar act by the notorious Barrison Sisters

Barrison Sisters

The Barrison Sisters were a risqué Vaudeville act who performed in the United States and Europe from about 1891 to 1900, advertised as The Wickedest Girls In the World....

. In this they would raise their skirts up above their stockings, revealing a bit of bare thigh, and then small kitten

Kitten

A kitten is a juvenile domesticated cat.The young of big cats are called cubs rather than kittens. Either term may be used for the young of smaller wild felids such as ocelots, caracals, and lynx, but "kitten" is usually more common for these species....

s secured over the crotch of their under-garments, a play on the double entendre

Double entendre

A double entendre or adianoeta is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué or ironic....

 on pussy

Pussy

Pussy is an English word meaning:* Cat* The human female genitalia, for the slang term related to genital anatomy.* Pejoratively, cowardice or weakness as an insult in general- Etymology :The origins of the word are unknown...

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Their song while performing this act included the chorus:

Would you give me the tip of it, the tip of it, the tip of it,

Would you give me the tip of it, the tip of it, the tip of it,

Because I've got a pussy cat

Because I've got a pussy cat

Who hasn't eaten that, that, that!