The Goat

There was a man, now please take note,
There was a man, who had goat.
He lov'd that goat, indeed he did,
He lov'd that goat, just like a kid.

One day that goat felt frisk and fine,
ate three red shirts from off the line.
The man he grabbed him by the back,
and tied him to a railroad track.

But when the train hove into sight,
that goat grew pale and green with fright.
He heaved a sigh, as if in pain,
coughed up those shirts and flagged the train.

~ Unknown