G/C-D-Em-C/D-D
   C                Bm
1. Oh once I had a little dog
    C                D
   His color it was brown
      C                   Bm
   I taught him how to whistle
       C                  D
   To sing and dance and run
        G                  Em
   His legs they were fourteen yards long
        G            Em
   His ears so very wide
    G                   Em
   Around the world in half a day
     C               D
   Upon him I could ride.

Refrain
   G      C       D
   Sing, terry O’day
    Em   C          D
   Sing Autumns to May

2. Oh, once I had a little frog
   He wore a vest of red
   He leaned upon a silver cane
   A top hat on his head
   He’d speak of far off places
   Of thing to see and do
   And all the kings and queens he’d met
   While sailing in a shoe

3. Oh, once I had a flock of sheep
   They grazed upon a feather
   I kept them in a music box
   From wind and rainy weather
   And every day the sun would shine
   They’d fly all through the town
   To bring me back some golden rings
   And candy by the pound.

4. Oh, once I had a downy swan
   She was so very frail
   She sat upon an oyster shell
   And hatched me out a snail
   The snail it changed into a bird
   The bird to butterfly
   And he who tells a bigger tail
   Would have to tell a lie.