Here are the words of some of the favorite songs dad loved and would sing to us.

The Bulldog on the Bank
Oh the bull dog on the bank, and the bull frog in the pool,
Oh the bull dog on the bank, and the bull frog in the pool.
Oh the bull dog on the bank, and the bull frog in the pool,
The bull dog called the bull frog, a green old water fool.

Chorus:
Singin' Tie-lee-I-lee-I-lee-I-lee-Oh-lee-I-lee-Oh
Singin' Tie-lee-I-lee-I-lee-I-lee-Oh
Singin' Tie-lee-I-lee-I
Singin' Tie-lee-I-lee-I
Tri-lee-I-lee-I
Tri-lee-I-lee-I
Tri-lee-I-lee-I-lee-oh

Pharaoh's daughter on the bank, little Moses in the pool,
Pharaoh's daughter on the bank, little Moses in the pool.
Pharaoh's daughter on the bank, little Moses in the pool,
She fished him out with a telegraph poll, and sent him on to school.

CHORUS

Said the monkey to the owl, "Oh what 'ill have to drink?"
Said the monkey to the owl, "Oh what 'ill have to drink?"
Said the monkey to the owl, "Oh what 'ill have to drink?"
"Oh since you've been so very kind, I'll have a bottle of ink"

CHORUS

Oh the bull dog stopped to catch him, but the snapper caught his paw,
Oh the bull dog stopped to catch him, but the snapper caught his paw,
Oh the bull dog stopped to catch him, but the snapper caught his paw,
And the pollywog died a laughin', just to see him flap his jaw.

CHORUS

Buggy Song
I thank you for the buggy ride
I thank you for the buggy ride
I had a wonderful time.

No smell of gasoline
Just that old-fashioned team
Oh it was a wonderful treat
to hear the patter of horses feet

My bones were nearly broke
for I took it as a joke
because it was all new to me
I was use to ridin’ in a big limousine
but horse-n-buggy lovin’ sure beats any machine

Although I lost my pride, I thank you for the buggy ride.
I had a wonderful time.

The Pocket Song
Two lovers sit one evening
Beneath th pale moonlight
Tomorrow he must go away
Lifes battles for to fight
He told her that he loved her
That he'd return one day
An' take her for his darling wife
And then I heard him say

An' when at last he did return
For a happy wedding day
His sweetheart she was absent
To Heaven she had gone
But she left to him her photo-graph
On which she wrote this song

CHORUS:
Put me in your pocket,
So I'll be close to you
No more will I be lonesome
An' no more will I be blue
An' when we have to part, dear
There'll be no sad adieues
Pry me in your pocket
An' I'll go along with you

Snowflake Song
When the snowflakes fall again
will you then think of me?
After many, many years have past
I place bright eyes on thee
So come kiss me again
for tonight we must part
True love will always remain
and keep me forever, in your heart
‘til the snowflakes fall again.

Sing A Song of Cities
Sing a song of cities, Cities great and small
Azure little diddies, sing about them all
New York has her harbors, Boston has her beans
Baltimore’s the place for oysters, but for lassies, New Orleans

Roll ‘em bones, roll ‘em bones, roll ‘em on the square
roll ‘em on the sidewalks, the streets or anywhere
We’ll roll ‘em in the mornings, we’ll roll ‘em late at nights
we’ll roll them bones the whole night through ...
when the cops are out of sight

Shine shine, who wants a shine?
My name is Teddy and I’m always ready
My brushes are new, my blacking is fine,
“Hey there mister, don’t you want a shine?”

Sioux City Sue
I drove a heard of cattle down from old Nebraska way
That’s how I came to be in the state of Iowa (Ioway)
In Iowa I met a gale,
Her eyes were big and blue
I asked her what her name was
And she said Sioux City Sue

Sioux City Sue
Sweet City Sue
Your hair is red
Your eyes are blue
I'd swap my horse and dog for you
Oh, Sioux City Sue
Sweet City Sue
There ain't no gal as sweet as my sweet Sioux City Sue