Let me tell you a tale for a penny
 One that you cannot 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
 For you to deny yourselves
 tale

 penny, a penny
 penny for an old beggar man's
 Story, a story

 penny for a tale

 There once was a doggy (arf arf arf)
 She pranced in the moon
 With a mouth full of
 Shiny red pennies
 She leapt and she wagged
 So proud of her
 Shiny red pennies

 Yipping with glee

 She trotted by the river (trot trot trot)
 And, oh, bless my soul
 She saw her
 Reflection in the water
 pup with a jaw full
 Of shiny red
 Pennies in the water
 She trotted as she plotted
 To pirate those pennies

 Oh, how they teased

 Lord, lord
 That greed, it'll kill ya
 Lord, lord
 Go on pass the hat, will ya
 Yer purse strings are tight
 Bleed for a sinner
 I just need a few pennies more
 few pennies more

 But greedy, so greedy (me me me)
 She snarled as she swiped
 And [bad word] at the
 Mutt in the water
 foolish pooch loots
 From herself in the water

 Her reflection [bad word] back

 Lord
 I want to go on with the song
 But don't make me 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 sirs, you're too kind

 Lord, lord
 That greed, it'll kill ya
 Lord, lord
 Go on pass the hat, will ya
 Your purse strings are tight
 Bleed for a sinner
 I just need a few pennies--
 Lord, lord
 That greed, it'll kill ya
 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
 few pennies more

 And so did our doggy (bad bad bad)
 She'd kill for a bite
 At those shiny red pennies
 She leapt and she barked
 At the dog in the water

 But her pennies
 Her pennies
 They dropped
 Down, down
 After them she shot
 Down, down
 Down in the waters below . . .

 God rest her soul