Sonja, I love your tabby cat verse. I've always felt that the roster of animals was incomplete. For my own amusement, I added a dog verse:

I said the sheepdog all black and white,
I kept the watch so they would not fright,
I kept the watch on Christmas night,
I said the sheepdog all black and white.

I was singing the song while walking my own dog a few weeks ago, and this verse came to me. I then had to apologize to Abby, since she is not a black and white sheepdog. But I just couldn't see a black and red Rottweiler in that setting (even if Roman antecedents are claimed for the various mastiff breeds).

Kate G