©Colm Gallagher

Chorus:	
	Oh ho, oh ho
	If I was a dog I'd have me day
	Oh ho, oh ho
	Wouldn't I be waggin' me tail?

If I was a dog I'd wag me tail
	I sit me down beside the fire
Girls could pat me on the head
	Or any place else their heart desired
Wouldn't go chasin' after cats
	Wouldn't go howlin' at the moon
Couldn't be bothered with things like that
	If I was a dog, what I'd be doin'!

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I wouldn't be on for herding sheep
	I wouldn't be on for hunting hares
I'd prefer to be home and asleep
	Or digging a hole to God knows where
Wouldn't be on for pullin' a sled
	Like huskies up in the Yukon do
I'd prefer to be home in me bed
	With a pekinese, poodle, or Kerry blue!

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And a woe be tied to the man who tried
	To spay the wife or neuter me
Before I'd let him away with that
	By gosh, I'd show me pedigree
I'd put up a heck of a fight
	Wouldn't it be a sight to see
One strategic nip,
	The neuteror becoming the neuteree!

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And sooner or later I'd father a litter
	And teach the little ones how to be
If anyone tried to get smart, by guff
	I'd chase the lot of them up a tree
Now if you're walkin' down the street
	And an elegant pup you happen to see
Steppin' it out, give us a shout
	You could be you, and that could be me

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