# Talk:Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark

Do we have RS which cover the theory that it relates to the events of 1603 in London with "the beggers" being the newly arrived and relatively poor Scottish courtiers and the "one in a velvet gown" being "James the VI and I"? See https://livinghistorytoday.com/2011/01/14/traditional-nursery-rhymes/ Greenshed (talk) 00:47, 24 June 2018 (UTC)