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I Ain't Got A Dog

Rick Fox · 2026 · Country / Americana

"I Ain't Got A Dog" marks the beginning of a new chapter — the first song released through R J Keith Music Publishing, introducing Rick Fox's songwriting catalog to a wider audience. Written with warmth and wit, this track is a statement of arrival for a catalog that has been years in the making.

Lyric sheet — I Ain't Got A Dog

Words and music by Richard B. Fox, Jr.

Got me a great big Ostrich
Who lays a great big egg
I got a real pink flamingo
Standin' on one pink leg

Got a whole mess of possums
Who only come out at night
Got me two stinky skunks
Who can't decide if they're black or white

But I Ain't got a dog
No I ain't got a dog of my own
I haven't got a dog (He hasn't got a dog)
and I'm feelin' all alone

I feel dejected, rejected, so damn neglected
And I feel like I could cry!
'Cause I ain't got a dog
but I can't - remember why

Got a pair of parakeets
And a Toucan or three
Gotta whole barrel of monkeys
Who keep mimicking me

Got a big 'ole rhinoceros
Who just lays around the house
Got a hundred and twenty-two pussycats
And one very nervous mouse

But I Ain't got a dog
No I ain't got a dog of my own
No I haven't got a dog (He hasn't got a dog)
and I'm feelin' all alone

I feel dejected, rejected, so damn neglected
And I feel like I wanna cry!
'Cause I ain't got a dog
but I can't - remember why

Well I gotta get my own newspaper
And I fetch a big stick alone
I chew my own slippers and I sit up and beg
I've even tried to bury a bone

I feel dejected, rejected, so damn neglected
And I feel like I wanna cry!
'Cause I ain't got a dog
but I can't - remember why

No I ain't got a dog
but I can't remember why

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