Original draft of Hound Dog by John Betjeman Oh beastly, beastly beagle So lachrymose and glum. You failed to bag a rabbit And you cannot be my chum. Your bona fides dazzled, But they were counterfeit. Your quarry is too fast for you And you too slow for it. Oh beastly, beastly beagle It's sulky no-speaks now. I'll send you not to Coventry But somewhere worse, to Slough.