On the show, it goes, "Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr." Here's Sheldon singing it when he's sick, saying it's a song his mother used to sing to him: "Soft Kitty" is a lullaby Sheldon likes to hear to feel better. Now, Newlin's daughters are suing CBS and company, arguing that, since Edith Newlin was not credited, it leaves viewers with the impression that the lyrics were written by one of the show's writers. It took several years for the family of Edith Newlin to notice that a song used on the CBS show uses lyrics similar to "Warm Kitty," written by the late New Hampshire teacher in the 1930s. “They have become a signature and emblematic feature of the show and a central part of the show’s promotion.Sheldon Cooper's ("The Big Bang Theory" Powers That Be for alleged copyright violations. “The Soft Kitty lyrics are among the best-known and most popular aspects of The Big Bang Theory,” the claim states. Newlin’s daughters claim they were not consulted before Willis Music granted producers permission to use the rhyme, despite their mother owning its original copyright and passing it down to them in her will when she died in 2004. In fact it was Newlin, a nursery school teacher from Alstead, who wrote the words, which the show’s creators discovered in a book called Songs for the Nursery School, first published by the Kentucky-based Willis Music in 1937. “My mother used to sing it to me when I was sick,” he tells her. The words “Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur / Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr” are sung in several episodes by the cast after Sheldon teaches Penny the rhyme. Warner Bros, Chuck Lorre Productions, CBS, Turner Broadcasting and Fox are among those named in the lawsuit filed on Monday by Ellen Newlin Chase and Margaret Chase Perry, daughters of Edith Newlin, the original author of Soft Kitty.
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