My Doggie and I

DESCRIPTION: The singer mourns that, when he and his dog went to the well, his dog fell in and drowned. What will become of him? He can still spin a spangle thread "but bowf bow-ow my doggie's deid"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: grief death lament dog
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan8 1660, "My Doggie and I" (1 text)
Roud #13045
File: GrD81660

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