NICK NAMES

YOU'D THINK WE COULD FIND SOME NAMES TO SUIT

THESE TWO DOG WE HAVE THAT ARE AWFULLY CUTE

NAMES LIKE NICK AND MOLLY MIGHT SEEM TO FIT

BUT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON THEY LACK A BIT

TO GET THEIR ATTENTION WHEN THEY'RE ROMPING ABOUT

WE'VE COME UP WITH NICK NAMES THAT WE OFTEN SHOUT

LIKE MR. NOODLEMAN OR MOLLY DOODLE CHICKEN NOODLE

THESE NAMES WOULD SOUND BETTER ON A LITTLE POODLE

WHAT NAMES GO WELL FOR A GOLDEN AND A BOARDER COLLIE?

WE THINK THEY DO BEST WITH NAMES LIKE NICK AND MOLLY

BUT THEN WE'LL CALL THEM "TRIEVER AND SNERT"

WHEN THE LITTLE GUY DIGS HOLES IN THE DIRT

THE BIG ONE LIKES TO LICK YOUR FACE

OR PRANCE AND STRUT AT A FANCY PACE

THEN SHE'LL LAY HER PAW ACROSS YOUR ARM

SHE'S A WONDERFUL GIRL HERE ON OUR FARM

THE BOARDER RUNT IS JUST HERE FOR A VISIT

BUT WE OFTEN FIND THAT WE HAVE TO KISS IT

BECAUSE WITH NICKIE BOY WE'VE TOTALLY BONDED

TO WHICH MOLLY DOODLE HAS QUICKLY RESPONDED

BY ACTING CUTER AND GETTING A BIT ROUGHER

WHICH MAKES NICKIE JUST THAT MUCH TOUGHER

I DON'T SUPPOSE THAT WE WILL EVER REFRAIN

FROM DREAMING UP NAMES THAT TAX THE BRAIN

INVENTING ONES THAT DESCRIBE THE MOMENT

FOR ALL OF OUR PETS WHO ARE HEAVEN SENT

C.K.R.

10/4/95