A Penny For a Tale

Let me tell you a tale for a penny

One that you can not hear anywhere else

Not anywhere else

I heard from a birdy it doesn’t end purdy

It doesn’t end well.

No it never ends well.

Let me spin you a yarn for a cent

Lord, would it not be a sin to deny yourselves a tale?

A penny, a penny, a penny for an old beggar-man’s story

A story. A penny for a tale.

There once was a doggy (woof woof woof)

She pranced in the moon with a mouthful of shiny red pennies

She lept and she wagged, so proud of her shiny red pennies

Leaping with glee

She trotted by the river (trot trot trot)

And oh, bless my soul, she saw her reflection in water

A pup with a jaw full of shiny red pennies

In water

She trotted as she plotted

To pirate these pennies - oh, how they teased

Lord, lord, that greed, it’ll kill you.

Lord, lord, go on, pass the hat, will you?

Your purse strings are tight. Bleed for a sinner

I just need a few pennies more! A few pennies more!

But greedy, so greedy (me me me)

She snarled as she swiped

And struck at the mud

At the water

A foolish pooch loots from herself in the wter

Her reflection struck back

Lord, I want to go onwith the song

But don’t make it bring up what she did to that pup

That cute little pup

I just might well up

But I’ll continue my rhyme for a dime

Or a penny is fine

These are difficult times

Yes, difficult times.

Thank you sir, you’re too kind

Lord, lord, that greed, it’ll kill you.

Lord, lord, go on, pass the hat, will ya?

Your purse strings are tight. Bleed for a sinner

I just need a few pennies more! A few pennies more!

Lord, lord, that greed, it’ll kill you.

Lord, lord, go on, pass the hat, will ya?

Your purse strings are tight. Bleed for a sinner

I just need a few pennies more! A few pennies more!

A few pennies more

And so did our doggie (bark bark bark)

She’d kill for a bite

Of those shiny red pennies

She left and she barked at the dog in the water

But her pennies, her pennies

THey dropped down, down

And after them, the shot

Down, down, down in the waters below!

God rest her soul.