The Doggy in the Yard

From the musical “The Little Cherub”, 1906
words and music by Marie Doro

The sheet music:

The-Doggy-in-the-Yard – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by Thomas Venam:

The_Doggy_In_The_Yard – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. He said, “When we are married
    Dearest, darling mine
    Where would you like to stay? say”
    She said, “We’ll live in happyville
    And think how fine
    To live right there for aye, yea
    The rooms will all be papered
    With contentment all about
    The windows will be made
    To keep out every kind of doubt
    And when old Mister Trouble calls
    The dog will keep him out
    Oh! are you going to have a dog?

Chorus
Oh! yes, I really think it’s best
To keep a doggy in the yard
So, when the night falls
And all has gone to rest
The faithful doggy can keep guard
And if a burglar comes along
From harm he will be barred
Oh! yes, I really think it best
To keep a doggy in the yard

  1. Now on one night all was still
    No more to roam
    The dog began to growl-owl
    What can be the trouble
    In this happy home?
    To make the doggy howl-owl
    Not a leaf was stirring
    And the stars were smiling down
    All the happy folks
    Had gone to sleep in happy Town
    So, down she crept into the yard
    In nighty cap and gown
    Well, what made the doggy bark?

Chorus
Ah! well, one can never tell
What makes a little doggy bark
I simply begged him to listen just a spell
And all the neighbors stopped to hark
But how he bow-wowed
Just looking straight above
Of course, I knew quite soon
I ran, it really was a man
It was the man up in the moon

  1. She said: “That dog is foolish dear,
    And most unkind
    When on one’s there to bow-wow
    So, another doggy we must surely find
    And dear, I want it Now-ow
    What’s the kind, you know
    It looks so funny when it walks
    Cunning little thing
    And not the fiercer kind that balks
    And when I look into its face
    I almost think it talks
    Oh! you mean a dachsund

Chorus
Oh! yes, that’s the kind that’s best
And one that’s nice and tame
I like a dachsund more than all the rest
I like it all except the name
But when I buy it
And the salesman asks what kind
I’ll say it’s on the card
And get a long one
Oh! very long you see
I want a doggy in the yard

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: