From the musical “Sinbad”, 1893 A topical furor words by Arthur J. Lamb music by Harry F. Carson
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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
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
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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
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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
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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