arcturus
12-13-2003, 08:27 PM
Where did the following nursery rhyme come from - who wrote it and when?
Thanks,
AT.
I had a dog, and his name was Dandy,
His eyes were brown and his coat was sandy,
His tail was short and his legs were bandy,
The best in the world was my Dog Dandy!
Down in the village we had a fair
And I had a shilling to spend down there,
So Dandy and me trotted along,
Happy together, I was singing a song.
I bought apples, cakes and candy
And soon I forgot about Dog Dandy,
Then suddenly, when I looked round
Dandy was nowhere to be found.
I asked the lady selling candy
If she’d seen my Dog Dandy.
"No" she said "but if I do,
I’ll send him straight home to you!"
The gentleman at the peanut stall
Hadn’t seen Dandy Dog at all,
And the policeman walking round the fair
Hadn’t seen Dandy anywhere there!
Just then a boy came running up,
He said to me "is this your pup?"
"No" I said "He’s far too small
He’s not like my old dog at all!"
Folks brought dogs from everywhere.
Greyhounds, pekes and poms were there.
Wire haired terriers and dalmatians,
Poodles, prize dogs and alsatians.
Dogs of every shape and kind,
But never a dog that looked like mine!
So home I went sad and forlorn
Wondering where my poor dog had gone.
Had he stowed away on a ship,
Or was he petted by ladies and fed on milk?
As I opened the door and mounted the stair
Who do you think was waiting there?
With his eyes so brown and his coat so sandy
Wagging his tail was MY DOG DANDY.:confused:
Thanks,
AT.
I had a dog, and his name was Dandy,
His eyes were brown and his coat was sandy,
His tail was short and his legs were bandy,
The best in the world was my Dog Dandy!
Down in the village we had a fair
And I had a shilling to spend down there,
So Dandy and me trotted along,
Happy together, I was singing a song.
I bought apples, cakes and candy
And soon I forgot about Dog Dandy,
Then suddenly, when I looked round
Dandy was nowhere to be found.
I asked the lady selling candy
If she’d seen my Dog Dandy.
"No" she said "but if I do,
I’ll send him straight home to you!"
The gentleman at the peanut stall
Hadn’t seen Dandy Dog at all,
And the policeman walking round the fair
Hadn’t seen Dandy anywhere there!
Just then a boy came running up,
He said to me "is this your pup?"
"No" I said "He’s far too small
He’s not like my old dog at all!"
Folks brought dogs from everywhere.
Greyhounds, pekes and poms were there.
Wire haired terriers and dalmatians,
Poodles, prize dogs and alsatians.
Dogs of every shape and kind,
But never a dog that looked like mine!
So home I went sad and forlorn
Wondering where my poor dog had gone.
Had he stowed away on a ship,
Or was he petted by ladies and fed on milk?
As I opened the door and mounted the stair
Who do you think was waiting there?
With his eyes so brown and his coat so sandy
Wagging his tail was MY DOG DANDY.:confused: