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MASTER,' QUOTH THE AULD HOUND by JEAN INGELOW

Poet Analysis

Last Line: FRA A' FOLK IN THE TOWN
Subject(s): ANIMALS; DOGS;
'Master,' quoth the auld hound,
'Where will ye go?'
'Over moss, over muir,
To court my new jo.'
'Master, though the night be merk,
I'se follow through the snow. '


'Court her, master, court her,
So shall ye do weel;
But and ben she'll guide the house,
I'se get milk and meal.
Ye'se get lilting while she sits
With her rock and reel.'


'For, oh! she has a sweet tongue,
And een that look down,
A gold girdle for her waist,
And a purple gown.
She has a good word forbye
Fra a' folk in the town.'




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