Who wrote this?

Question

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To fetch her poor dog a bone;
But when she came there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.
She took a clean dish
To get him some tripe;
But when she came back
He was smoking a pipe.
She went to the grocer's
To buy him some fruit;
But when she came back
He was playing the flute.

She went to the baker's
To buy him some bread;
But when she came back
The poor dog was dead.

She went to the undertaker's
To buy him a coffin;
But when she came back
The poor dog was laughing.

She went to the hatter's
To buy him a hat;
But when she came back
He was feeding the cat.

The dame made a curtsey,
The dog made a bow;
The dame said, "Your servant."
The dog said, "Bow wow!"

Answer 1

It sounds like it, but "Old Mother Hubbard" actually wasn't written by Mother Goose (and there's speculation abounding whether she was even a real person), but rather by Sarah Catherine Martin as, in one view, political commentary.

Answer 2

Sarah Catherine Martin

Answer 3

Sarah Catherine Martin

Answer 4

Brother John

Answer 5

mother goose

Answer 6

I don't know, but I like it a lot.