No House

Oh the cat has a house,

And the rat has a house,

And the dog and the mouse and the flea;

And the snail has a house,

And the whale has a house,

And they all have a house but me.

Oh the pig has a pen,

There's a coop for the hen,

And the bird has a nest in the tree;

The snake has a hole,

So does the mole,

But there's no kind of place for me.

The sign on ev'ry building says,

"No children wanted here."

When I grow up the sign will say:

"Landlords kindly stay away."

Oh the cow has a house,

And the sow has a house,

And the Pentagon takes lots of scenery;

There's hangars for planes,

Roundhouses for trains,

Garages for cars and taverns for bars,

Buildings for stores with seventeen floors,

And money enough for three world wars,

But they couldn't build a house for me.