Like a dog with a bottle tied fast to his tail
- DMI number:
- 42478
- First Line:
- Like a dog with a bottle tied fast to his tail
- Last Line:
- Yet he hugs it and he tugs it as a man doth his wife
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song
- Themes:
- Marriage and Animals
- Author:
- Thomas Flatman
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant text of 'The Batchelors Song'. Flatman (1686): 120-21.
- First Line:
- Like a dog that runs madding at sheep or at cows
- Last Line:
- Just like an honest man and his wife
- Relationship:
- Answer To/Answered By
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Academy of Complements with Many New Additions [ESTC R28041]
- Page No(s):
- p.190
- Poem Title:
- Song 15.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Wit and drollery. Jovial poems. Corrected and amended, with new additions [ESTC R12497]
- Page No(s):
- p.157
- Poem Title:
- The Batchelor's Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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