'What's happened to mypup?'
Says Lige: 'It's my opinion, boss,
My pup has eat him up.'
"'But where's the chain I tied him with?'
The pedler loud did call.
And would you b'lieve me—Lige's dog
Had swallowed chain and all!
"One end was hangin' from his mouth
And gev him such a cough,
We had to fetch a chisel out