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[W.Sheepshead]

catcheymousey?

[THECORBYLOON]

Do you mean "softly,softly, catchy (or catchee or catch a) monkey?"

[Quizmonster]

And, if you do, it's usually written as 'softly, softly catchee monkey' - as TCL suggests - as if someone, perhaps Chinese, is speaking pidgin English. It first appeared in print in a book of quotations published in 1907. It is just a proverbial phrase recommending caution and the gentle approach as the best way to achieve an objective.

[shaneystar2]

This is from the TV programme quiz because it has been asked and answered over and over again in Quizzes and Puzzles.The general consensus was that the answer is " Softly Softly " a spin off from Z Cars.
But ...whoever set this quiz should know that softly softly catches monkey...not mousey as TCL and QM state.

[Reged]

According to this BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A10832474
softly softly catchee monkey was a phrase picked up by Baden Powell during a military campaign he was involved in in Ghana.

[Reged]

With apologies for further post but I only spotted this later:

http://pinetreeweb.com/bp-prempeh-05.htm

This purports to be an extract from Major Baden Powell's Ghana diary in which he mentions the phrase.