From the musical “Sinbad”, 1893
A topical furor
words by Arthur J. Lamb
music by Harry F. Carson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Wachy:
Lyrics
- There was a little dog, both lame and blind
And everyone to it was most unkind
At last one day a man made one bad break
He gave unto that dog a big beefsteak
Chorus
And the dog went mad
It couldn’t stand the kindness
So, the dog went mad
In spite of all its blindness
For weeks it had not fed
With hunger was near dead
But when a bit it had
The dog went mad
- A company, I know, went out full tog
They thought to try the show upon the dog
They seized a little cur to play it to
But oh, when they begun, the show fell through
Chorus
For the dog went mad
It couldn’t stand the acting
So, the dog went mad
For it was too exacting
The heroine yelled “murder”
The poor dog never heard her
Altho’ ’twas awful sad
The dog went mad
- An organ grinder went a down the street
He played “After the Ball” to all he’d meet
A bulldog came along and heard the strains
He gave three piteous howls, had swift, short pains
Chorus
Then the dog went mad
It ne’er had heard such musick
O! the dog went mad
‘Twould truly have made you sick
Of tunes it could stand all
Except “After the Ball
But that song was so bad
The dog went mad
- Some people dined one day on sausage meat
And gave some sausage to their dog to eat
It put its forefeet on the well filled plate
But when it took a bite, O! sad to state
Chorus
The dog went mad
Recognized its brother
The dog went mad
Couldn’t eat another
The dog was of no station
But loved its dead relation
But this was far too sad
So, the dog went mad
- A family went off to Saint Louie
They took a little dog the sight to see
They reach St. Louis town, but ’twas so slow
The darling little dog barked out “no go”
Chorus
Then the dog went mad
St. Louis was so quiet
The dog went mad
Gave the town a riot
They had such fun each minute
St. Louis says, “I’m in it”
But St. Louis was so bad
The dog went mad