Your friend

Perhaps you think I do not earn

My board and all my keep.

But who gives you security

When you are fast asleep?

 

Who, when the master's out of town

keeps beggar folk at bay,

And gives you sweet companionship

When you're alone all day?

 

With every bark and loving sign,

Let me be yours and you be mine.

Love me, train me, let me be,

Your closest friend eternally.

 

(Author unknown)