Please help me identify this poem.

[PapaLu]

One of my mothers favorite poems and I can't find it anywhere. Following is how I remember the first part of the poem. There may be a few incorrect words as this is only how I remember it. Thank you in advance for any help anyone can be:


I am a dog owner, Master am I
of a gay wagging tail and a tender brown eye
He's a four footed friend and the rest of that stuff
And I think pretty soon I will be calling his bluff
Its gradually come to the point that I see
I don't have a dog, it's the dog that has me.
If its late in the morn, and I jump of bed
to hell with my breakfast, the dog must be fed
And if in the budget, for beauty there=s doubt
the dog gets the shampoo and I do without.

Thanks again.

[MystyrMystyry]

Sounds like doggeral to me


Oh why I why do I take up space for!?

[PapaLu]

Is there an actual dog poem called "Doggeral"? My understanding was that doggeral or doggerel was badly written poetry. My mother used to actually say that the name of the poem was Doggeral, but I can't find a poem by that name anywhere. Can you help me.

[MystyrMystyry]

I was just making a bad pun. It briefly occurred to me that others had thought of doing it too, but wisely didn't bother.

It honestly sounds to me like something someone (not a famous poet) had written for fun, sent into a family oriented magazine which your mother's mother may have possessed, and when she read it it amused her sufficiently to memorise. But the magazine may no longer be in print and its many pages of reader contributions sadly unavailable anywhere.

It happens.

You might have more luck with hypnosis to try to draw on your memory of the the complete words (it can work) than hunting it down on the internet.

Or even old folks homes may provide the answer, as many bedridden still possess sharp minds.

Short of this what can anyone do but shrug and scratch the fleas from their head?

Anyway, good luck! And don't forget to post it when and if you find it!