Living
Old Doctor Paff
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
Old Doctor Paff, he used to laugh
Whenever he saw the brindle calf.
But Doctor Paff thought best to bow
When at last he met the brindle cow.
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MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Old Doctor Paff.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/46/.
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Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Old Doctor Paff.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/46/.
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