Subject: Lyr Add: ALOYSIUS (Jez Lowe) From: Stewie Date: 14 Jun 09 - 09:24 PM ALOYSIUS (Jez Lowe) I had a dog that wouldn't bark, his name was Aloysius I found him silent on the street some years ago He was wandering around just minding his own business Which covered him complete from head to toe Now any new tricks, he was much too old to teach But he could still reach the parts you wish that you could reach But he wouldn't grow, he wouldn't bark or howl He wouldn't move a jowl, but for food and drink and kisses One night I found him sat towards the TV facing I couldn't help but laugh to see him stare As huntsman, horse and hound across the screen went chasing A fox that wandered foolish from its lair I said, 'Sit down, you can't run with the pack' He just turned around, and to my surprise he answered back He said, 'You and your kind, you must be bloody blind To think that for all time you can treat us as you wishes!' I said, 'Stay now, bonny lad, but why stay silent Aloysius?' He said, 'You call us man's best friend and then you kick us and beat us Or train us to hunt our brothers just for fun If we were in the Orient, they'd kill and eat us And our skins for fashion would be sold and bought Or else you poison us with your scent and cigarettes Or else just breed us in cages unto death And we must obey, we have to sit and stay And if a dog e'er has his day, he's condemned as being vicious' I said, 'Stay now, bonny lad, but why stay silent Aloysius?' So I had a dog and he could bark, his name was Aloysius Though, I must admit he never said goodbye When one day we awoke and found he'd up and left us For that great big kennel in the sky And from that day he'd never said another word And people say it surely was my own voice that I'd heard But if I greet a stray dog on the street Like some old friend that you'd meet, don't look at me suspicious I just say, 'Stay now, bonny lad, but don't stay silent like Aloysius' Source: transcription in booklet for Jez Lowe 'Tenterhooks' --Stewie. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Aloysius (Jez Lowe) From: Joe Offer Date: 10 May 21 - 07:00 PM Official lyrics: https://www.jezlowe.com/lyrics/aloysius-lyrics/ |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Aloysius (Jez Lowe) From: GerryM Date: 11 May 21 - 05:17 AM Joe, that link gives me a 404 File Not Found. Stewie's transcription looks good, except in verse 1, line 7, "grow" should be "growl". |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Aloysius (Jez Lowe) From: GerryM Date: 11 May 21 - 05:22 AM https://www.jezlowe.com/lyrics/aloysius-lyrics/ also has the grow/growl typo. Joe, you posted the right link, but there's some extra character after lyrics/. |
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