Show MY NEIGHBORS DOG I love my neighbor nil I cin Although that simple minded man Imagines that his yelping hound Gives pleasure to the folks around I love to pass his open gate Where that big brute will lie in wait As quiet as a hen on eggs And at my unprotected legs Spring with a roar of rage to see How nimbly I can climb a tree And say Nice doggie while he chews Part of the pantaloons I lose I love to hear that cur all night Howl bark and whine while forms in white From windows furiously bombard With brica brae my neighbors yard I love to see my flower bed > Destroyed by that big mongrels tread And have him from my kitchen hook My steaks and fowls and scare the cook love to hear my children cry When bitten by that brave kiyl And think that they when going mad Will bark and may be bite their dad I hate to see that ugly pup Hit with a rock and doubled up As sometimes happen when we meet Around the corner of our street Id like to know the reason why That dog is Kept Were burglars nigh That cur who will a baby bite Would have a tit and die from fright I love my neighbor as I should Id love him better if ho would Have sense enough to sell or shoot His useless goodfornothing brute H C Dodge in New York World |