Title:  I’m a very quiet hound

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

Lead vocals:  Tom Lehrer

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  Cartoon about a dog who sings a little too loudly for his own good.

[TL]  I’m a very quiet hound.

I don’t bark or run around.

I just lie here on the ground,

With my head upon this mound.

No one knows where I can be found.

If they knew, then they’d be bound

To come and take me to the pound.

That’s why I don’t dare make a sound.

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