Bow, wow, wow,
Whose dog art thou?
Little Tom Tinker's dog,
Bow, wow, wow.
Notes
Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.
The lyrical form of this poem is aaba.
1. See The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, ed. Iona and
Peter Opie (1951\; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966), no. 138, p. 151.

