When I used to hang around some with Miriam Stafford and with the Crabgrass Family in Berkeley in the early 60's they sang the song; I made a couple of verses that seemed to work, my fav was
"Every night, just about dark,
My dog goes out and he starts to bark;
Raises more ruckus than Noah's ark,
he sure has fun when he starts to bark!"
   -- these days, I sometimes sing it, with fiddle, for Nick the Newfie. He lives it (tells the coyotes to shut up, and they do).