A tiny call-and-response chant asking a barking dog whose he is. Four lines and a chorus of 'bow-wow-wow' make it an easy first rhyme for a baby just learning to join in with sounds.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Bow-wow-wow!
Whose dog art thou?
Little Tom Tinker's dog,
Bow-wow-wow!
About this rhyme
Text confirms 'Bow-wow-wow' opens and closes the rhyme, with 'Little Tom Tinker's dog' named once and no further appearance.
A rhyme built almost entirely around a dog's bark, over before it properly starts. Little Tom Tinker never appears again. He's only here to be introduced by his dog.
Bark the 'bow-wow-wow' with some conviction. Children will bark straight back.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition