Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark
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"Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark" is an English nursery rhyme. Its origins are uncertain and researchers have attributed it to various dates ranging from the late 11th century to the early 18th century. The earliest known printings of the rhyme are from the late 18th century, but a related rhyme was written down a century earlier than that. Informal references to the nursery rhyme attribute the reason to the various enclosures acts whereby large landowners could appropriate smaller holdings merely by fencing them in. The rhyme appears in the Roud Folk Song Index as entry 19,689.
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Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark
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Right: Detail from a portrait of Henry VIII , showing numerous small jags cut into the body and sleeves of his doublet, through which "puffs" of the underlying shirt have been pulled through.
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Left: Detail from a painting of a group of Italian women , showing a single large jag at the elbow of a sleeve.
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"If I were writing about Eben, I'd choose vigorous prose," Jack answered. "Shoot!"
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And use their fur for mittens.
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But I'm in rags, and I'm in tags,
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But never bark at me.
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But only one in three.
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And his wife in a velvet gown."Ho!" hooted Teddy. "That's a parody."
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For Eben is coming to town.
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Hark, hark, the dogs do bark,
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Hark, hark, the dogs do bark.
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He likes to take their insides out,
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He'll ask you all to tea.
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He'll never send for me.
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His money in bags, his children in rags,
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The Duke is fond of kittens.
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The Duke is fond of velvet gowns,
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They bark at those in velvet gowns,
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— Excerpt from a 1921 serialized novel
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— from The 13 Clocks
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"Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark" is an English nursery rhyme. Its origins are uncertain and researchers have attributed it to various dates ranging from the late 11th century to the early 18th century. The earliest known printings of the rhyme are from the late 18th century, but a related rhyme was written down a century earlier than that. Historians of nursery rhymes disagree as to whether the lyrics of "Hark Hark" were inspired by a particular episode in English history, as opposed to simply reflecting a general and timeless concern about strangers. Those who link the rhyme to a specific episode identify either the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the 1530s, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 or the Jacobite rising of 1715. The most likely origin has it describing the arrival of King James 1st (in his velvet gown) at the English Court together with various impoverished Scottish nobility. Those who date it to the Tudor period of English history (i.e., the 16th century) sometimes look to the rhyme's use of the word jag, which was a Tudor-period word for a fashionable style of clothing. But other historians ascribe no particular relevance to the use of that word. Informal references to the nursery rhyme attribute the reason to the various enclosures acts whereby large landowners could appropriate smaller holdings merely by fencing them in. "Hark Hark" survives to this day largely as a nursery rhyme. It has been sufficiently well known to permit writers to invoke it, sometimes in parodied form, in material not intended for children. This includes parodies by literary authors such as James Thurber and D. H. Lawrence. A few prose stories have used the rhyme as their source, including one by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The rhyme appears in the Roud Folk Song Index as entry 19,689.
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