If I Was A Dog

D A G D A D If I was a dog I'd wag me tail, I'd sit me down beside the fire A G D A D And the girls could pat me on the back or anyplace else their heart would desire A D A I wouldn't be after chasing cats, I wouldn't go baying at the moon D A G A D I wouldn't have time for things like that, if I was a dog, what I'd be doing G A D G A Oh-ho, oh-ho, if I was a dog I'd have me day G A D A D Oh-ho, oh-ho, wouldn't I be wagging me tail A G D A D If I was a dog I'd eat of the best and only the best that money could buy A G D A D I'd go down to the butcher's shop and I'd lick the leg of the butcher's wife A D A I'd be dining on filet mignons and pelican fingers and lobster fins D A G A D And delicate frogs, if I was a dog, I wouldn't go rooting in nobody's bins G A D G A Oh-ho, oh-ho, if I was a dog I'd have me day G A D A D Oh-ho, oh-ho, wouldn't I be wagging me tail A G D A D I wouldn't be after chasing sheep, I wouldn't be after hunting hares A G D A D I'd prefer to be home in me sleep or digging a hole to god knows where A D A I wouldn't be after pulling the sled like huskies up in the Yukon do D A G A D I'd prefer to be home in me bed with a Pekinese, Poodle or Kerry Blue G A D G A Oh-ho, oh-ho, if I was a dog I'd have me day G A D A D Oh-ho, oh-ho, wouldn't I be wagging me tail A G D A D And woe betide the fool that tried to spay the wife or neuter me A G D A D Before I'd let him away with that, by god I'd show me pedigree A D A I'd put up a hell of a fight and wouldn't that be a sight to see D A G A D Just one strategic nip, the neuterer becoming the neuteree G A D G A Oh-ho, oh-ho, if I was a dog I'd have me day G A D A D Oh-ho, oh-ho, wouldn't I be wagging me tail A G D A D And sooner or later I'd father a litter and teach the little ones how to be A G D A D If any of them tried to get smart, begod, I'd chase the lot of 'f#m up a tree A D A So if you're walking along the street and an elegant dog you happen to see D A G A D Steppin' it out, give us shout, you could be you and that would be me G A D G A Oh-ho, oh-ho, if I was a dog I'd have me day G A D A D Oh-ho, oh-ho, wouldn't I be wagging me tail G A D G A Singing, oh-ho, oh-ho, if I was a dog I'd have me day G A D A D Oh-ho, oh-ho, wouldn't I be wagging me tail