Rachel Field

If I had a hundred dollars to spend, Or maybe a little more, I’d hurry as fast as my legs would go Straight to the animal store. I wouldn’t say, “How much for this or that?” “What kind of a dog is he?” I’d buy as many as rolled an eye, Or wagged a tail at me! I’d take the hound with the drooping ears That sits by himself alone; Cockers and Cairns and wobbly pups For to be my very own. I might buy a parrot all red and green, And the monkey I saw before, If I had a hundred dollars to spend, Or maybe a little more.