Arfur T. Leadbottom Sings

By Beth Howering

There is a Basset Hound named Arfur who once sat in a shelter. Kind people from a rescue freed him from the shelter and put him in a home. Now he has a farmhouse with a huge fenced in yard and lots of toys and lots of love and other hounds to play with. He has discovered a talent for rhyme, especially to music. This is a small sampling of his unique gift.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 3, 2010
• ISBN: 9781465328687

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Copyright © 2010 by Beth Howering.

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Contents

Introduction

Ma Yu ar Ignorin’ Me

The Diggin’ Song

Arfur Wuv Cawl

King of da Stairs

Chasin’ Gotes Agan

(Tune of—On the wode agan)

Da Basset song

Have a Happy Day

Ketch up wif dat car

Wun

My Favowit Fings

Sheez So Crool

Pleez Help me I’m Pullin’

You Can’t Woller Skate

In Mama’s Car

Sunshine on my Hiney

She finks my eers are sexy

Da wescue song

(Save a basset wescue Weroy)

Turd Hockey Song (I make da pucks)

I Nebber Wiww Be Gud

Mama’s Bein’ Meen

Daizy

Pango Pango

Puddy Play

The Howling Song

(tune of Wonely Goteherd)

Hide dis shoo (Tune—Can’t smile wiffowt yu)

Goodsocks

Food Song (Tune ov Clementine)

Sheez Gonna Bwame Me

Heer coms da fun fing

Itsy Bitsy Arfur

My Big wish

Sweet Dweems

Lead Bottom Hound

Innosent

The legend of da Moose

Likkin’

Chewin’ on Daddy’s Underware

(tune: Winter Wunderwand)

Tattle Tale

My Hedjhoggy

I Reelly Need to go Owt

Da Button Man

Yu Musta Bin a Bootiful Puppy

Sumtimes

Arfur showed da gotes fer shure

Ode to a nawty pup (To Chloe)

Hyper Aktiv

Wazy Afternoon

Theme of Camp Arfur

Wescue me

Fru da Doggy Door

Fru da windoe

Keepin’ Mommy Cwazy

Bein’ gud

Crinkle Crinkle

Polly Esther

Jewwo Wessling Basset Style

Droolin’

Da Hunky Menz

The Bob Song

Ticks

Rt. 66  Tune ov 1814

Lonesum basset

Come play wif me

Prisoner of Mom

Rotten Brudder

Dedication

To his best fan, Andy Rembis, who loved his stories, songs and adventures and his lovely sister, Blossom, who left for the Rainbow Bridge at the grand age of 14 ½. They are sharing a cloud there, since Andy left a month after Blossom. They are sorely missed.

Introduction

There is a Basset Hound named Arfur who once sat in a shelter. Kind people from a rescue freed him from the shelter and put him in a home. Now he has a farmhouse with a huge fenced in yard and lots of toys and lots of love and other hounds to play with. He has discovered a talent for rhyme, especially to music. This is a small sampling of his unique gift.

Rescue

Life is sad and scary without a home. Sometimes it is scary with a home when it is a bad one with cruel or ignorant people. When a Basset winds up in a shelter, or is reported to an ASPCA, a rescue will step in and place the hound in a foster home or kennel until a permanent home is found. Great care is taken to put the hound