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When old Jack died we staid from school they said	B
At home we needn't go that day and none	C
Of us ate any breakfast only one	C
And that was Papa and his eyes were red	B
When he came round where we were by the shed	B
Where Jack was lying half way in the sun	C
And half way in the shade When we begun	C
To cry out loud Pa turned and dropped his head	B
And went away and Mamma she went back	D
Into the kitchen Then for a long while	E
All to ourselves like we stood there and cried	F
We thought so many good things of Old Jack	D
And funny things although we didn't smile We	G
couldn't only cry when Old Jack died	F
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II	A
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When Old Jack died it seemed a human friend	H
Had suddenly gone from us that some face	I
That we had loved to fondle and embrace	I
From babyhood no more would condescend	H
To smile on us forever We might bend	H
With tearful eyes above him interlace	I
Our chubby fingers o'er him romp and race	I
Plead with him call and coax aye we might send	H
The old halloo up for him whistle hist	H
If sobs had let us or as wildly vain	J
Snapped thumbs called 'speak ' and he had not replied	H
We might have gone down on our knees and kissed	H
The tousled ears and yet they must remain	J
Deaf motionless we knew when Old Jack died	H
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III	A
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When Old Jack died it seemed to us some way	K
That all the other dogs in town were pained	H
With our bereavement and some that were chained	H
Even unslipped their collars on that day	K
To visit Jack in state as though to pay	K
A last sad tribute there while neighbors craned	H
Their heads above the high board fence and deigned	H
To sigh 'Poor dog ' remembering how they	K
Had cuffed him when alive perchance because	L
For love of them he leaped to lick their hands	M
Now that he could not were they satisfied	H
We children thought that as we crossed his paws	L
And o'er his grave 'way down the bottom lands	M
Wrote 'Our First Love Lies Here ' when Old Jack died	H

James Whitcomb Riley

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