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THE PERFECT GREYHOUND by ANONYMOUS

First Line: IF YOU WOULD HAVE A GOOD TYKE
Last Line: AND FOOTED LIKE A CAT
Subject(s): ANIMALS;GREYHOUNDS;

IF you would have a good tyke,
Of which there are few like,—
He must be headed like a snake,
Necked like a drake.
Backed like a beam,
Sided like a bream,
Tailed like a bat,
And footed like a cat.



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