A rabbit bein' chased by a big, black dog
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Through the early mornin' fog
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Over the meadow and past the bog,
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They were runnin'
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The rabbit had jumped a fence or two
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Cause that's what rabbits like to do
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Big black dog had to jump 'em too
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They was runnin'
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Now this black dog had a brother
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'Cept he was white as snow
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One looked like the other
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Least that's how the story go
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So the black dog's chasin' the rabbit down the road
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And he seen a familiar face he knowed
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He said, "Hey there white dog, what you say?
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Take over chasin' this rabbit, all right?
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Thank you, get away!
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Take over chasin' this rabbit
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Or they'll be no rabbit stew today for us."
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And here what the white dog say
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He say, "That rabbit smiled as he went by
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He know he got you beat, that's why.
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You wait here and I'll chase a while
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Cause I hate to see a rabbit smile."
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So off he go, off the white dog go.
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Now when that little rabbit looked around
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He jumped four feet off the ground
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He said, "That big old dog that's chasin' me
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Why, he's taken off his jacket and he's runnin' free
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He's taken off his jacket and he's catchin' me."
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Now there's a moral to this story
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For crazy rabbits with dreams of glory
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Any rabbit think a dog wear a jacket
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Should get out of the rabbit racket.
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One dog's brother is another dog's child
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And no one likes to see a rabbit smile.
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The Joke
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| Randy Newman |
