Keiser's Dog

DESCRIPTION: German dialect song. "Ash I dook a lemonade the oder day," a fellow comes in, calls for gin, and tries to sell the singer a three-footed dog. They fight. A policeman takes the singer to jail and hits him. The dog dies
AUTHOR: Words: Gus Williams (1847-1915) / Music: Eddie Fox (1848-) (source: sheet music published by John CHurch & Co.)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: dog fight drink humorous | dialect
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Clowns-Shoo-Fly-Songster, p. 49, "Kaiser, Don't You Want to Buy a Dorg" (sic.) (1 text)
Williams-Love-Among-Big-Nozes-Songster, p. 34, "Kaiser, don't Yer vant to Buy a Dorg" (1 text)
Keen-Love-Among-Der-Sweitzer-Songster, pp. 19-20, "Keyser, don't you want to Buy a Dorg?" (1 text; p. 53 offers "Snyder, Don't You Vant to puy a Pig," which isn't listed as a parody of this, but I have to think it is)
Roud #V15992
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Kaiser, Don't You Want to Buy a Dog?
NOTES [22 words]: I saw a snippet in a Google search that seemed to say this was the earliest German dialect song, but this is patently not correct. - RBW
Last updated in version 7.1
File: CSFS049

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