Name: An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
Author: Oliver Goldsmith

The Mad Dog — ONE OF R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOKS — An ELEGY on the DEATH of a MAD DOG.

Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd.

WRITTEN By Dr Goldsmith		PICTURED By R. Caldecott
SUNG By Master Bill Primrose

Good people all, of every sort,
Give ear unto my song;
And if you find it wondrous short,

It cannot hold you long.

In Islington there lived a man,
Of whom the world might say,
That still a godly race he ran,

Whene'er he went

to pray.

A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he clad,

When he put on

his clothes

And in that town a dog was found:
As many dogs there be—

Both mongrel,

puppy,

whelp,

and hound,

And curs of low degree.

This dog and man at first were friends;

But, when a pique began,

The dog, to gain some private ends,

Went mad, and bit the man.

Around from all

the neighbouring streets

The wondering neighbours ran;

And swore the dog had lost his wits,

To bite so good a man.

The wound it seem'd both sore and sad
To every christian eye;

And while they swore the dog was mad,

They swore the man would die

But soon a wonder came to light,
That show'd the rogues they lied—

The man recover'd of the bite;

The dog it was that died.

Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books

"The humour of Randolph Caldecott's drawings is simply irresistible, no healthy-minded man, woman, or child could look at them without laughing." In square crown 4to, picture covers, with numerous coloured plates.
1 John Gilpin 2 The House that Jack Built 3 The Babes in the Wood 4 The Mad Dog 5 Three Jovial Huntsmen 6 Sing a Song for Sixpence 7 The Queen of Hearts 8 The Farmer's Boy 9 The Milkmaid	10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting 11 A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go 12 The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate 13 Come Lasses and Lads 14 Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, &c. 15 Mrs. Mary Blaize 16 The Great Panjandrum Himself
The above selections are also issued in Four Volumes, square crown 4to, attractive binding. Each containing four different books, with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches.
1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1 2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2	3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book 4 The Panjandrum Picture Book
RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 1 containing the first 8 books listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches	RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 2 containing the second 8 books listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches
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