A Penny For A Tale

"A Penny For A Tale" is a song sung by Hobo Clown, in which he tells the story of a greedy puppy, which mimics Merrywood's fate, as she is being punished.

Lyrics
Let me tell you a tale for a penny

One that you cannot hear anywhere else

Not anywhere else

I heard from a birdy

It doesn't end purdy

It doesn't end well

No it never ends well

Let me spin you a yarn for a cent

Lord, would it not be a sin

For you to deny yourselves

A tale

A penny, a penny

A penny for an old beggar man's

Story, a story

A penny for a tale

There once was a doggy (arf arf arf)

She pranced in the moon

With a mouth full of

Shiny red pennies

She leapt and she wagged

So proud of her

Shiny red pennies

Yipping with glee

She trotted by the river (trot trot trot)

And, oh, bless my soul

She saw her

Reflection in the water

A pup with a jaw full

Of shiny red

Pennies in the water

She trotted as she plotted

To pirate those pennies

Oh, how they teased

Lord, lord

That greed, it'll kill ya

Lord, lord

Go on pass the hat, will ya

Yer purse strings are tight

Bleed for a sinner

I just need a few pennies more

A few pennies more

But greedy, so greedy (me me me)

She snarled as she swiped

And struck at the

Mutt in the water

A foolish pooch loots

From herself in the water

Her reflection struck back

Lord

I want to go on with the song

But don't make me bring up

What she did to that pup

That cute little pup

I just might well up

But I'll continue my rhyme for a dime

Or a penny is fine

These are difficult times

Yes difficult times

Thank you sirs, you're too kind

Lord, lord

That greed, it'll kill ya

Lord, lord

Go on pass the hat, will ya

Your purse strings are tight

Bleed for a sinner

I just need a few pennies--

Lord, lord

That greed, it'll kill ya

Lord, lord

Go on pass the hat, will ya

Your purse strings are tight

Bleed for a sinner

I just need a few pennies more

A few pennies more

And so did our doggy (bad bad bad)

She'd kill for a bite

At those shiny red pennies

She leapt and she barked

At the dog in the water

But her pennies

Her pennies

They dropped

Down, down

After them she shot

Down, down

Down in the waters below. ..

God rest her soul

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