Poor Little Rich Girl's Dog 1917 "The Rambler Rose"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 04 Nov 2006
2006

Ev'ry time I see you sitting
in your lady's lap
my heart fills up with sympathy for you;
I am pretty sure that you would be
a far more happy chap,
if you could do what other doggies do.
They say it's blissful to be dumb
and if that's really so,
I'm mighty glad that ignorance is bliss;
it's better that they meant you
to be dumb because I know,
'twould break your heart
if you knew what you miss.

You've never had a horseshoe
or a can tied to your tail,
you never yet have stuck your nose
into a garbage pail;
you're not allowed to chase,
the cat around the place,
or come home in the evening
with a lovely dirty face;
while all the other human dogs
go 'round without a care,
a hunting for their breakfast
and their dinner here and there,
they feed you indigestion
from a Plaza bill of fare;
Poor little rich girl's dog.

Ev'ry day an English butler
dolls you up in style,
and you and Madam motor off to tea;
then you have to sit up straight
and look your very grandest, while,
your Mistress lies about your pedigree.
They pick you out a soul mate
that they purchased at the store,
you're not allowed to choose your future wife;
you have to marry someone
that you never met before,
my God, but you do lead a rotten life.

You've never sunk your teeth
into a hobo's trouser patch,
they chase the fleas,
so you can't have
a good oldfashioned scratch;
you're not allowed to greet,
a dog upon the street,
the straight and narrow path for yours,
you can't be indiscreet;
you don't know what it means to find
a great big juicy bone,
your Mistress doesn't think it right
to let you out alone,
her husband who wears corsets
has to be your chaperone;
Poor little rich girl's dog.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
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Poor Little Rich Girl's Dog 1917
introduced by Joe Cawthorn in Chas. Frohman's
Production - "The Rambler Rose"
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© MCMXVII by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 04 November 2006 at 11.02pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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