The MAD DOG
ONE OF R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOKS
Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd.
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An ELEGY on the DEATH of a MAD DOG.
WRITTEN By Dr GOLDSMITH
PICTURED By R. CALDECOTT
SUNG By Master BILL PRIMROSE
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Good people all, of every sort, Give ear unto my song; And if you find it wondrous short, It cannot hold you long.
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In Islington there lived a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray.
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A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes
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And in that town a dog was found: As many dogs there be-- Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.
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This dog and man at first were friends; But, when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man.
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Around from all the neighbouring streets The wondering neighbours ran; And swore the dog had lost his wits, To bite so good a man.
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The wound it seem'd both sore and sad To every christian eye; And while they swore the dog was mad, They swore the man would die
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But soon a wonder came to light, That show'd the rogues they lied-- The man recover'd of the bite; The dog it was that died.
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2 The House that Jack Built
3 The Babes in the Wood
4 The Mad Dog
5 Three Jovial Huntsmen
6 Sing a Song for Sixpence
7 The Queen of Hearts
8 The Farmer's Boy
9 The Milkmaid
10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting
11 A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go
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13 Come Lasses and Lads
14 Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, &c.
15 Mrs. Mary Blaize
16 The Great Panjandrum Himself
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