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<FONT COLOR="#CCFFFF"><B><FONT SIZE="5"> The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog <BR>
(1819)<BR>
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(possibly) Robert Branston</FONT></FONT></B><BR>
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Old Mother Hubbard<BR>
Went to the cupboard,<BR>
To give the poor dog a bone:<BR>
When she came there,<BR>
The cupboard was bare,<BR>
And so the poor dog had none.<BR>
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She went to the baker's<BR>
To buy him some bread;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
The dog was dead!<BR>
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She went to the undertaker's<BR>
To buy him a coffin;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
The dog was laughing.<BR>
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She took a clean dish<BR>
to get him some tripe;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
He was smoking his pipe.<BR>
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She went to the alehouse<BR>
To get him some beer;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
The dog sat in a chair.<BR>
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She went to the tavern<BR>
For white wine and red;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
The dog stood on his head.<BR>
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She went to the fruiterer's<BR>
To buy him some fruit;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
He was playing the flute.<BR>
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She went to the tailor's<BR>
To buy him a coat;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
He was riding a goat.<BR>
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She went to the hatter's<BR>
To buy him a hat;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
He was feeding her cat.<BR>
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She went to the barber's<BR>
To buy him a wig<BR>
When she came back<BR>
He was dancinc a jig.<BR>
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She went to the cobbler's <BR>
To buy him some shoes;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
He was reading the news.
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She went to the sempstress<BR>
To buy him some linen;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
The dog was spinning.<BR>
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She went to the hosier's<BR>
To buy him some hose;<BR>
When she came back<BR>
He was dressed in his clothes.<BR>
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The Dame made a curtsy,<BR>
The dog made a bow;<BR>
The Dame said, Your servant;<BR>
The dog said, Bow-wow.<BR>
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This wonderful dog<BR>
Was Dame Hubbard's delight,<BR>
He could read, he could dance,<BR>
He could sing, he could write;<BR>
She gave him rich dainties<BR>
Whenever he fed,<BR>
And erected this monument<BR>
When he was dead.<BR>
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