I want to be a Whippet

Bless the noble Whippet hound

Sharp in swiftness, sight and sound

 

Holds above him all his pride

Mighty Greyhound step aside

 

Who dares challenge the Whippet hound?

One knows he is perfection bound

 

Tri-colour, parti colour, black mask red

A fearless hunter where e'er he tread

 

Canine king or canine queen

The whippet's beauty plainly seen

 

By one who knows a touch of class

And one who loves a run in grass

 

You're wild as wind and calm as sea

Could I be you and you be me?

 

I wish I was a Whippet hound

Of course, to be a Whippet hound

 

(Barbara McClarty, 1976)