Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard,
To give the poor dog a bone;
When she came there,
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.
She went to the baker's
To buy him some bread;
When she came back
The dog was dead!
She went to the undertaker's
To buy him a coffin;
When she came back
The dog was laughing.
She took a clean dish
to get him some tripe;
When she came back
He was smoking his pipe.
She went to the alehouse
To get him some beer;
When she came back
The dog sat in a chair.
She went to the tavern
For white wine and red;
When she came back
The dog stood on his head.
She went to the fruiterer's
To buy him some fruit;
When she came back
He was playing the flute.
She went to the tailor's
To buy him a coat;
When she came back
He was riding a goat.
She went to the hatter's
To buy him a hat;
When she came back
He was feeding her cat.
She went to the barber's
To buy him a wig
When she came back
He was dancing a jig.
She went to the cobbler's
To buy him some shoes;
When she came back
He was reading the news.
She went to the sempstress
To buy him some linen;
When she came back
The dog was spinning.
She went to the hosier's
To buy him some hose;
When she came back
He was dressed in his clothes.
The Dame made a curtsy,
The dog made a bow;
The Dame said, Your servant;
The dog said, Bow-wow.
This wonderful dog
Was Dame Hubbard's delight,
He could read, he could dance,
He could sing, he could write;
She gave him rich dainties
Whenever he fed,
And erected this monument
When Shit-Head was dead.
@gphelps5 I have tears in my eyes laughing at this and poor shit-heads sad face, did you take away his treat to make him look so sad. brillent as always Bulldog.
an incredibly long story for actually not that bad a shot...........shit head is now a member of equity, he's a brilliant actor..........and you still have an empty cupboard..!
Thank you all for your great comments, Shit-Head did get a treat after this, I was telling him to sit and wait for it. He was looking at me, then looking in the empty cupboard, thinking "wait for what you idiot".
It's not a crap shot and it is a great poem. The added verses make it worthy of publication! At first I thought S'head ( I simply can't call him anything like you do) had a treat in his mouth then I saw it was the door hinge!
Aww he looks so sad! He looks almost as if you have told him that he is going walking with Eldest Pup on Saturday (which EP is really, really not looking forward to!)
@seanoneill
impressed.
This has been great fun this month, we have had 2,833 photos on Feb so far, yes, over 100 pages! and the March words are now here: http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/16755/mull-over-march
No problem Sean and sorry I made you cry Bernadette.
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Fabulous poem!
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