DOGGERELL.
:% — t^Editor Times,'- 1 Walking- "along the street to-day I picked up the following lines which I have found impossible to* . make head or tail of; pevhaps some of your ■ readers could supply a key to the riddle: — "Let dogs delight to howl at night, ■' " For 'tis there nature too ; - Although their domecdes adjoin Those occupied by you. Yet George the first does oft allow His passions tad to rise ; And George the second forthwith sends To tell a lot of lies ; And strives with chains, the owner of The dogs to bind — Ab, me ! And even strove to pull hirii up. For Petty Larsen-e.- ' The letter that the Prince received From Peter will not do ; For though they're signed by him, by George, They're Tracey-able to you. Yours, '&c, Greyhound. Invercargill,- April 1, 1879. y . ,
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Southland Times, Issue 3364, 2 April 1879, Page 3
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