Christmas Carol: Dashing 'Round the Trunk (dog version, not the cat version)

A good friend of mine has graciously agreed to let me post her wonderful, often hilarious and typically cat-oriented Christmas Carols. (She's a cat person, so cats often are the source of her humor and writing.)

I will be posting her carols now through December and maybe beyond if I'm not through them all--there are several of them. Please do not copy or use her stuff without permission. And she would love to hear any feedback about her carols. (You can send any feedback to me, if you don't have Blogger permissions to comment this blog, at cganders1@yahoo.com.)

Here's the next one! It's another dog oriented one, the cat version of this song was already posted earlier.
Enjoy!


Dashing ‘Round the Trunk
(to “Jingle Bells”)

Dashing ‘round the trunk, of my tattered Christmas tree.
Goes my joyful dog, barking in her glee.
Light strings dragging here, and glass balls bouncing there.
Oh, what fun it is for dogs with Christmas in the air.

Oh! Cards and gifts, ribbons bright, cakes and cookies too.
All these things for playing with and wrapping paper too.

At last it’s Christmas Eve, and my dog lurks ‘neath the roof.
Quietly she waits, for the sound of hooves.
An ambush she’s set, so Santa’d best beware.
Oh, what fun that dog can have, with Christmas in the air.

Oh! Cards and gifts, ribbons bright, cakes and cookies too.
All these things for playing with and wrapping paper too.

Now it’s Christmas morn, and my dog’s quite snug (and smug).
There’s a bright red hat, on the fireplace rug.
And next to that hat, some sleigh bells lying there.
That silly dog has too much fun with Christmas in the air.

Oh! Cards and gifts, ribbons bright, cakes and cookies too.
All these things for playing with and wrapping paper too.

Rachelle Coe