A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/Hark! hark! the dogs do bark

by Sabine Baring-Gould

For other versions of this work, see Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark (nursery rhyme).

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Hark! hark! the dogs do bark,
The beggars are coming to town,
Some in jags, and some in rags,
And others in velvet gowns.