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MY LITTLE DOG AND ME by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: MY LITTLE DOG KNOWS JUST AS MUCH
Last Line: DON'T HAFTER CARE FER ME.
Subject(s): ANIMALS; CHILDREN; DOGS; PETS; CHILDHOOD;

My little dog knows just as much
As lots of people do.
He can't do sums, er three times three,
Er read er write like you an' me,—
But what's the use of sums an' such
I never really knew.

Of course he ain't a cherabim,—
He's playful as can be!
He don't shut doors er wipe his feet,
An' maybe he's not always neat;
But people that don't care fer him
Don't hafter care fer me.



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