A popular song from 1919.
Words and music by James M. Gallatly.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. May I speak to you a minute
If you’re sure I don’t intrude
And may I ask a favor
If it isn’t very rude?
There’s something that I’m wanting
That I don’t know how to get
Something I can call a really truly kind of pet
I want a little doggie, I want him such a lot
A jolly little doggie, like the other girls have got
Chorus:
If anybody’s got a little yeller dog
Without a pedigree
Quickly as you’re able
Buy a box and buy a label
And express him thro’ the post to me
If anybody’s got a little yeller dog
Without a family
Remember that I’m lonely
So, please send a little dog
A ducky little dog
A little yeller dog to me
2. Of course I’ve got a kitten
But you know what kittens are
They will not let you love ’em
‘Cos they’re so particular
They’ll lie upon the hearth rug
And they’ll purr upon your knee
But they are not half as friendly
As a little dog would be
And then they won’t stay home at night
And sleep beside my bed
But go out singing carols
With the other cats instead
3. Once I had a rabbit
But we ate him, poor old thing
And once I had a tortoise
But he’s not come up this Spring
Once I had a hedgehog
and I thought him rather sweet
But I couldn’t take him walking
When I went out in the street
He hadn’t got a tail to wag
And what was almost worse
He’d got such horrid prickles
He was dreadful hard to nurse