Backyard Ambassador

Barnaby is small and fast as a spark He dug a secret

tunnel right under the park

First he met the baker,

got a warm flour treat

Now he's running sideways all down the street

Next he found the gardener

deep in the rose

Left a little pollen on his black button nose

Then the local children

chased him through the yard

Keeping up with Barnaby is getting really hard (haha!)

Oh, he's the neighborhood rover,

skipping the fence Making new friends in a literal sense I follow

the path of his muddy little paws

And find a whole world of applause (ooh-ooh!)

Mrs. Higgins sits out on her front porch chair

Waiting for her daily guest with curly brown hair

Now we're drinking tea together every afternoon

All because my puppy decided to balloon

Oh, he's the neighborhood rover,

skipping the fence Making new friends in a literal sense I follow

the path of his muddy little paws

And

find a whole world of applause (hey!)

I used to be so quiet,

locked inside my head Now I know the folks on every block

instead

He didn't want to run away,

he wanted us to see He was building a family

Yeah, Barnaby did it,

he gathered us all!

(yee-haw!) No more running away,

we're having a ball!

(hooray!) Just a boy and his dog and a street full of

smiles (la la la la)