Kelpie’s Name
Kelpie’s
Name
The kelpie dog’s long
history
Is still partly a mystery
Got by a Scottish man
Was a pair of dogs’ black
and tan
In Australia they had
puppies here
And one a roly poly dear
He gave to his nephew and
called it Kelpie
A good working dog not yelpy
Some say was swapped by
night
With a stockman in the
moonlight
Others say the stockman
swapped a horse as pay
For Kelpie in the paddock,
in light of day
Though it’s debated how it
was got
Kelpie certainly was worth a
lot
Everyone wanted one of
kelpie’s pups
The dogs headed sheep while
stockman on horse gallops
Soon kelpie’s name became a
breed
Because of their agility and
high-speed
I wrote this poem a while ago, but I was just thinking about it and thought I'd share it. By the way I don't particularly like dogs, but if I had to deicide a kelpie would be my favourite.
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