Lost and Found: the Spurious Incident of the Dog In the Night Time

Who’s in the dog house, someone has been flakey The someone who lost the unfortunate Jakey Thank heavens for Girls and the Book of the Face And the people of town who live down Mayenne Place For needles in haystacks are easy to spot Compared to the dog who was there, and was not The tale of his loss was inherently spurious The dog in the night time; an incident curious They shouted, they whistled, they got out their torches Searched the canal and the shadows in porches Where was the Jakey dog? No one could tell Till somebody heard a desperate yell “He’s here” someone said, “he’s been here all night” Oh dear, someone will be in the dog house tonight Result; one happy girl and a tail wagging hound And ‘The dog which was lost’ now ‘The dog which was found’ by Gail