Pretty Puppy

PRETTY PUPPY

as sung by the Happiness boys


H:	You're the Greek who used to shout,
 	until the day you cut it out, "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
J:	Yes, and they make-a me fell so sore,
     I sell the banana store.
     Now, I gotta no bananas!
H:   So you bought this hot-dog stall.
J:	No, I sell-a no dogs at all.
     Pretty puppy, Pretty puppy, get um hot.
     Pretty puppy, nice-a puppy, eat a whole lot.
H:   Why, there's a dog they used to call Fritz; (Woof!)
     He lives with a girl at the Ritz. (Woof woof!)
J:	Pretty puppy, Pretty puppy, nice and brown
     Smother them with mustard and they swim around
H:   That looks just like Rosie's chow
	Hiding in the mustard now!
J&H: Pretty puppy I love you!

H:	I'm gonna come here ev'ry day
 	Then maybe I'm gonna hear you say
 	"Yes, We Have No Bananas".
J:	No, me no like-a that business now
     I sell plenty puppies now
     And how
	'Cause I gotta no bananas.
H:	Have you got dough in the bank?
J:   Sure! And I got these things to thank:
	Pretty puppy, nice puppy, get 'em hot.
H:	Pretty puppy, nice puppy? That's all rot!
J:	Rotten! What a you mean? If you no like you no have to buy!
H:	Don't be dumb...One more dog I'll try.
J:	Pretty puppy, nice-a puppy, fine to eat.
H:   I think that a frankfurter has got 'em beat.
J:   An acrobat sold me this shop!
H:   He could make you alley-up!
J&H: Pretty puppy, I love you.
	Ev'ry dog must have his day.
	That's what all the butchers say.
     Pretty puppy, I love you.

Note: This song may have been the result of the policy of some vaudeville houses prohibiting the mention of "hot dogs" in an attempt to eliminate perceived rude double entendres. The "Fritz" referred to in this song is presumably the canine protagonist of a vaudeville specialty dog song of a generation earlier; "Jump Fritz, I Give You Liver".

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